Circumstances surrounding male sexual assault and rape: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1849-1858

  Light, David ^a   Monk Turner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male rape; Sampling; Sexual assault; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350151386     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508325488     Document Type: Article

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