The pleasure is momentary...the expense damnable?. The influence of pornography on rape and sexual assault

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Hartley, Richard D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass media; Pornography; Rape; Sexual assault; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGGRESSION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; LIFE EVENT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 68549130595     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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