Police Officers’ Perceptions of their Reactions to Viewing Internet Child Exploitation Material

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 103-111 - 2015
Martine B. Powell1, Peter George Cassematis2, Mairi Benson1, Stephen Smallbone3, Richard Wortley4
1School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125, Australia
2Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
3School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
4Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, London, UK

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