Rape co-occurrence: Do additional crimes affect victim reporting and police clearance of rape?

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-226

  Addington, Lynn A ^a   Rennison, Callie Marie ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Crime statistics; Measurement; Rape; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849114509     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-008-9043-9     Document Type: Article

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