Do you see what i see? the influence of gender stereotypes on student and royal Canadian mounted police (RCMP) perceptions of violent same-sex and opposite-sex relationships

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-505

  Cormier, Nicole S ^a   Woodworth, Michael T ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse reporting; Intimate partner violence; Partner abuse; Police personnel; Sex role attitudes; Social equality; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; VICTIM; VIGNETTE;

EID: 71049179072     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770802463446     Document Type: Article

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