"Being shut out in the Dark": Young survivors' experiences of reporting a sexual offence

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-150

  Skinner, Tina ^a   Taylor, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Justice; Participation; Rape; Young survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849084396     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085108326118     Document Type: Article

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