Seeking proof or truth: Naturalistic decision-making by police officers when considering rape allegations

Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 229-254

  O’Keeffe, Stephanie ^a   Brown, Jennifer M ^b   Lyons, Evanthia ^c  

^a Crisis Pregnancy Agency   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925796535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843927129     Document Type: Chapter

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