Forcible rape, poverty, and economic inequality in U.S. metropolitan communities

In this paper we review and extend a recent analysis of the structural determinants of forcible rape by Smith and Bennett (1985) that builds upon the theoretical works of Blau and Blau (1982) and Schwendinger and Schwendinger (1983). They find that poverty, but not racial economic inequality, is a m...

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Main Author: Peterson, Ruth D. (Author)
Contributors: Bailey, William C.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1988
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1988, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-119
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