Age and Educational Differences in African American Women's Sexual Assault Experiences

feminist criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-136

  Long, Ladonna M ^a   Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Starzynski, Laura L ^a   Long, Susan M ^a   Mason, Gillian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; sexual assault; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049117317     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106296583     Document Type: Article

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