Is it Sex or Assault? Erotic Versus Violent Language in Sexual Assault Trial Judgments

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-40

  Bavelas, Janet ^a   Coates, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Language; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035638228     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009477518196     Document Type: Article

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