The Child Witness: Legal Issues and Dilemmas

by Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Nancy Walker Perry, Nancy E. Walker

Book Overview

Twenty years ago the issue of child sexual abuse was seldom discussed in the United States. Now reports of such abuses have become commonplace, and the arrests and trials of alleged abusers have become a staple of the evening television news reports. This recent onslaught of disclosures about children who report being sexually abused creates a dilemma for us all, but especially for social scientists and legal or service-delivery professionals who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803937725
• ISBN13: 9780803937727
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"