Sexual Harassment Victimization and Perpetration Among High School Students

Violence Against Women

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1203-1219

  Clear, Emily R ^a   Coker, Ann L ^a   Cook Craig, Patricia G ^a   Bush, Heather M ^a   Garcia, Lisandra S ^a   Williams, Corrine M ^a   Lewis, Alysha M ^a   Fisher, Bonnie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; high school; perpetration; sexual harassment; victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84908619036     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801214551287     Document Type: Article

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