The role of gender and ethnicity in perceptions of rape and its aftereffects

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 410-421

  Schneider, Lawrence J ^a   Mori, Lisa T ^b   Lambert, Paul L ^a   Wong, Anna O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Rape; Recovery; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049088651     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9545-9     Document Type: Article

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