Penalties for peer sexual harassment in an academic context: The influence of harasser gender, participant gender, severity of harassment, and the presence of bystanders

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 273-280

  Cummings, Kimberly M ^a   Armenta, Madeline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b Florida Dept of Law Enforcement   (United States)

Author keywords

perceptions; punishment; sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036449231     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021338811339     Document Type: Article

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