Are rape crisis centers feminist organizations?

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-100

  Maier, Shana L ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Feminist organizations; Grassroots organizations; Rape; Rape crisis center; Rape victim advocate; Victim services

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049112091     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085107310623     Document Type: Article

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