Child Homicide and the Law: Implications of the Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of the Children Who Killed James Bulger

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Wolff, Sula ^a   McCall Smith, R Alexander A ^b  

^a Old College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Old College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulger case; Child homicide; European Court

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993764632     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360641700002318     Document Type: Article

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