The role of victim-offender relationship in women's sexual assault experiences

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 798-819

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Filipas, Henrietta H ^a   Townsend, Stephanie M ^b   Starzynski, Laura L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual assault; Victim offender relationship; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33646500109     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506288590     Document Type: Article

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