"I have heard horrible stories...": Rape victim advocates' perceptions of the revictimization of rape victims by the police and medical system

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 786-808

  Maier, Shana L ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical professionals; Police; Rape victim; Rape victim advocate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CRIME VICTIMS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RAPE; STEREOTYPING; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45749105848     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208320245     Document Type: Article

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