Comparing gang and individual rapes in a community sample of urban women

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-51

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community sample; Gang rape; Offender; Victim; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANG; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; OFFENDER; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33947597695     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vv-v22i1a003     Document Type: Article

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