The Impacts of International Rape Laws Upon Official Rape Rates

Relying on the official rape rates, previous cross-national researchers found a significant and positive relationship between gender equality and the rates of reported rapes, and they used such findings as supporting evidence of the backlash hypothesis that increased gender equality leads to augment...

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Authors: Chon, Donsoo (Author) ; Clifford, Janice E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 65, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 244-261
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