Addressing the attitude problem in rape trials: Some proposals and methodological considerations

Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 301-321

  Krahé, Barbara ^a   Temkin, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955061818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843927129     Document Type: Chapter

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