Judging women and defining crime: Police officers' attitudes toward women and rape

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-411

  Page, Amy Dellinger ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45749106351     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170802053621     Document Type: Article

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