Fear of acquaintance versus stranger rape as a "master status": Towards refinement of the "shadow of sexual assault"

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-370

  Wilcox, Pamela ^a   Jordan, Carol E ^b   Pritchard, Adam J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus crime; Fear of crime; Sexual assault; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744784839     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.21.3.355     Document Type: Article

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