Separation and/or divorce sexual assault in rural Ohio: Preliminary results of an exploratory study

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-311

  DeKeseredy, Walter S ^a   Joseph, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Rural; Separation; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VICTIM;

CRIME VICTIMS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; OHIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 32944481666     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205277357     Document Type: Article

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