Attribution of blame to rape victims among therapists and non-therapists

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-120

  Idisis, Yael ^a,b   Ben David, Sarah ^c   Ben Nachum, Efrat ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Be'er Ya'akov Centre for Mental Health   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PUNISHMENT; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RAPE;

EID: 33947165278     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.721     Document Type: Article

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