Thinking critically about rural gender relations: Toward a rural masculinity crisis/male peer support model of separation/divorce sexual assault

Critical Criminology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-311

  DeKeseredy, Walter ^a   Donnermeyer, Joseph F ^b   Schwartz, Martin D ^c   Tunnell, Kenneth D ^d   Hall, Mandy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 35948959431     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-007-9038-0     Document Type: Article

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