A cross-cultural study of rape
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Dr. Keith F. Otterbein
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Article
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1979
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Rape is often considered a crime and, as such. is subject to punishment. This paper reports a test of a "deterence theory" of rape with a cross-cultural study which uses a sample of societies drawn from the Human Relations Area Files. Fraternal interest group theory is also tested. This theory argue