Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Rape

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Page, Amy Dellinger ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward rape; Police officers; Rape myths

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749103822     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-007-9002-7     Document Type: Article

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