Statutory rape: An empirical examination of claims of “overreaction”

Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 85-112

  Cheit, Ross E ^a   Braslow, Laura ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84950287454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976060.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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