A review of cognitive factors in the etiology of rape: Theories, empirical studies, and implications

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-77

  Drieschner, Klaus ^a   Lange, Alfred ^b  

^a General Psychiatric Hospital Drenthe   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; COGNITION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; THEORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VICTIM;

EID: 0032905518     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(98)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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