A cross-national examination of the relationship between gender equality and official rape rates

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 204-221

  Austin, Roy L ^a   Kim, Young S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAPE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034071041     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00442006     Document Type: Article

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