Victim characteristics influencing attributions of responsibility to rape victims: A meta-analysis

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-95

  Whatley, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0001906273     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-1789(95)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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