Sign language, translation and rule of law – deaf people’s experiences from encounters with the Norwegian criminal justice system

Terje Olsen; Patrick Kermit

doi:10.1080/15017419.2014.972448

Sign language, translation and rule of law – deaf people’s experiences from encounters with the Norwegian criminal justice system

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 17 (2017): Issue S1

By: Terje Olsen and Patrick Kermit

Open Access

|Nov 2017

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