Changing the Hidden Curriculum of Campus Rape Prevention and Education: Women’s Self-Defense as a Key Protective Factor for a Public Health Model of Prevention

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 287-302

  McCaughey, Martha ^a   Cermele, Jill ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

date rape; intervention; prevention; sexual assault; situational factors

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DRUG-FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF DEFENSE; SOCIAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CRIME VICTIMS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY PREVENTION; RAPE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85020937916     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838015611674     Document Type: Review

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