Student perceptions of sexual assault resources and prevalence of rape myth attitudes

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-354

  Hayes Smith, Rebecca M ^a   Levett, Lora M ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; gender inequality; rape myths; sexual assault; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751509120     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085110387581     Document Type: Article

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