Women's reporting of sexual and physical assaults to police in the national violence against women survey

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-279

  Chen, Yingyu ^a   Ullman, Sarah E ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago ^*  (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical assault; Police reporting; Rape

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RAPE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249101183     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209360861     Document Type: Article

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