Is reporting of rape on the rise? A comparison of women with reported versus unreported rape experiences in the national women's study-replication

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 807-832

  Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^a   Resnick, Heidi S ^b   McCauley, Jenna L ^b   Amstadter, Ananda B ^b   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^b   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

rape; reporting; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952272392     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510365869     Document Type: Article

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