Changes in police notification for rape, 1973-2000

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 841-870

  Baumer, Eric P ^a   Felson, Richard B ^b   Messner, Steven F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d National Consortium on Violence Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Police notification; Rape; Victim offender relationship; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642318089     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01006.x     Document Type: Review

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