Police interviews of rape victims: Tensions and contradictions

Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 255-280

  McMillan, Lesley ^a,b   Thomas, Michelle ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925712304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843927129     Document Type: Chapter

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