Symbolic power and the institutional response to rape: Uncovering the cultural dynamics of a forensic technology

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-93

  Parnis, Deborah ^a   Du Mont, Janice D U ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33645556592     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2006.tb00855.x     Document Type: Review

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