The social production of rape trauma syndrome as science and as evidence

Science in Court

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 125-145

  Dobbin, Shirley A ^a   Gatowski, Sophia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 85082282952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429436772-7     Document Type: Chapter

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