Adolescent school-based sexual victimization: Exploring the role of opportunity in a gender-specific multilevel analysis

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1071-1081

  Tillyer, Marie Skubak ^a   Wilcox, Pamela ^b   Gialopsos, Brooke Miller ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 77957020449     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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