An investigation of base rates of anti-gay hate crimes using the unmatched-count technique

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-152

  Rayburn, Nadine Recker ^a,b   Earleywine, Mitchell ^a   Davison, Gerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti gay behavior; Base rates; Hate crimes; Hate violence; Social desirability; UCT; Unmatched Count Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENT; CRIME; FEMALE; HATE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNMATCHED COUNT TECHNIQUE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037838871     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v06n02_07     Document Type: Article

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