The relationship between nonenforcement of state pornography laws and rates of sex crime arrests

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 439-453

  Winick, Charles ^a   Evans, John T ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nexus effects; pornography; rape; sexually explicit media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

CRIME; EROTICA; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029819802     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02437541     Document Type: Article

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