Myths and legends: the reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

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Myths and legends: the reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

Rape myths affect many aspects of the investigative and criminal justice systems. One such myth, the‘real rape’ myth, states that most rapes involve a stranger using a weapon attacking a woman violently atnight in an isolated, outdoor area, and that women sustain serious injuries from these attacks....

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Main Authors:	Waterhouse, Genevieve F., Reynolds, Ali, Egan, Vincent
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier España S.L. 2016
Subjects:	Rape; Sexual offending; Rape myths; Police reporting; Stranger rape
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31895/

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