The "symbolic protest" behind women's reporting of sexual assault crime to police

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-47

  Taylor, S Caroline ^a   Norma, Caroline ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

policing; psychology of women and girls; rape; sexual assault; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856438787     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085111420416     Document Type: Article

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