A vicious cycle? Attrition and conviction patterns in contemporary rape cases in England and Wales

Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 281-300

  Munro, Vanessa E ^a   Kelly, Liz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843927129     Document Type: Chapter

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