Prospective study of rape perpetration by young South African men: Incidence & risk factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b   Nduna, Mzikazi ^c   Shai, Nwabisa Jama ^a,b   Dunkle, Kristin ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PEER PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AFRICAN; FEMALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861703361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038210     Document Type: Article

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