The judicial pursuit of the sexual victimization of children: how the criminal justice system processes cases

This article analyses the criminal justice system’s treatment of those sexual offences against children of which it is made aware. The findings reported in this article draw on a quantitative study based on data (n = 97) taken from judicial files from a province of Catalonia, Spain. The study examin...

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1. VerfasserIn: Tamarit Sumalla, Josep Maria (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: International review of victimology
Jahr: 2017, Band: 23, Heft: 2, Seiten: 123-144
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