Rape myths and social distance toward sex offenders and victims among therapists and students

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 651-658

  Shechory, Mally ^a,b   Idisis, Yael ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Rape myths; Sex offenders; Social distance; Therapists and students; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751515356     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9031-1     Document Type: Article

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