Skewed Sex Ratios and Criminal Victimization in India

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1019-1040

  South, Scott J ^a   Trent, Katherine ^a   Bose, Sunita ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; India; Sex ratio; Sexual harassment; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902013124     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0289-6     Document Type: Article

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