What is a typical rape? Effects of victim and participant gender in female and male rape perception

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-245

  Andersen, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN; WRITING;

EID: 33947616187     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X101780     Document Type: Article

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