High school students' adherence to rape myths and the effectiveness of high school rape-awareness programs

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 308-328

  Proto Campise, Laura ^a   Belknap, Joanne ^a   Wooldredge, John ^a  

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EID: 0001381996     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801298004003004     Document Type: Article

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