Will any woman do?: Police, gender and rape victims

Policing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-344

  Jordan, Jan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gender; Interviews; Police; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242711441     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510210429392     Document Type: Review

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