@article{ref1,
title="The Role of “Real Rape” and “Real Victim” Stereotypes in the Police Reporting Practices of Sexually Assaulted Women",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2003",
author="Du Mont, Janice and Miller, Karen-Lee and Myhr, Terri L.",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="466-486",
abstract="Some feminists have argued that rape myths constrain women’s reporting of sexual assault to the police. The authors investigated whether myth-associated characteristics of sexual assaults play a role in police reporting behaviors of women. A sample of 186 sexual assault cases seen at a hospital-based sexual assault care center in 1994 was analyzed using logistic regression. A positive association was found between reporting a sexual assault to the police and two overtly violent components of the “real rape” myth: the use of physical force and the occurrence of physical injury.<p />",
language="",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801202250960",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801202250960"
}