Gender differences in police officers attitudes towards rape; Results of an exploratory study

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-279

  Brown, Jennifer ^a   King, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Police; Rape attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002487202     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169808401760     Document Type: Article

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