Police presence, isolation, and sexual assault prosecution

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-349

  Wood, Darryl S ^a   Rosay, André B ^b   Postle, Greg ^c   TePas, Katherine ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d State of Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic isolation; police; prosecution; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051925215     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403410375980     Document Type: Article

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