Impeaching Rape Victims in Criminal Court: Does Concurrent Civil Action Hurt Justice?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 3129-3149

  Golding, Jonathan M ^a   Lynch, Kellie R ^a   Wasarhaley, Nesa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

impeachment; mock jurors; rape victims

Indexed keywords

COURT; HUMAN; JUSTICE; OFFENDER; PREJUDICE; RAPE; VICTIM;

EID: 84990854070     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515584342     Document Type: Article

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