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Wright, Margaret M.

Judicial Decision Making in Child Sexual Abuse Cases. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Recent Events -- 2 Asking the Questions -- 3 The Essential Offence -- 4 The Understandable Offender -- 5 The Invisible Victim -- 6 The Elevated Expert -- 7 The Court as a Site of Struggle -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Laws and definitions of sexual abuse may have changed since the 1980s, but this book demonstrates that interpretation of the law still depends on the social construction of children and on judges' own understanding of what constitutes child sexual abuse.

ISBN: 9780774856003

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child sexual abuse -- Canada -- Cases.
Child sexual abuse -- Canada.
Judicial process -- Canada.
Abus sexuels à l''égard des enfants -- Canada -- Droit -- Jurisprudence.
Abus sexuels à l''égard des enfants -- Ontario -- Droit -- Jurisprudence.
Abus sexuels à l''égard des enfants -- Droit -- Canada.
Processus judiciaire -- Canada.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: KE8926 -- .W75 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 345.71/0253602643