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Rape: is there an app for that? An empirical analysis of the features of anti-rape apps

Rena BivensSchool of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Amy Adele HasinoffDepartment of Communication, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7530-8278
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Pages 1050-1067 | Received 25 Jul 2016, Accepted 08 Mar 2017, Published online: 11 Apr 2017

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