Resisting Rape: The Effects of Victim Self-Protection on Rape Completion and Injury

Violence Against Women

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-292

  Tark, Jongyeon ^a   Kleck, Gary ^b  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

rape; self defense; violence

Indexed keywords

ASSERTIVENESS; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RAPE; RISK; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASSERTIVENESS; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK; SAFETY; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84898960395     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801214526050     Document Type: Article

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