Bystander Interventions on Behalf of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence Victims

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 35, Issue 7-8, 2020, Pages 1694-1718

  Weitzman, Abigail ^a,b   Cowan, Sarah ^c   Walsh, Kate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bystander intervention; intimate partner violence; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COOPERATION; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042624695     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260517696873     Document Type: Article

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