Urban, Suburban, and Rural Variations in Separation/Divorce Rape/Sexual Assault: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-297

  Rennison, Callie Marie ^a   DeKeseredy, Walter S ^b   Dragiewicz, Molly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

divorce; marital status; rural; separation; sexual assault; suburban; urban; violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865782553     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085111435660     Document Type: Article

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