A sequential examination of offenders' verbal strategies during stranger rapes: The influence of location

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-400

  Lawrence, Claire ^a   Fossi, Julia ^b   Clarke, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Inspectorate of Prisons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interaction; Rape; Sequence analysis; Sexual assault; Verbal strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953332801     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160902754964     Document Type: Article

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