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Journal of Sexual Aggression
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Participative leadership and hierarchical structures in multiple perpetrator rape: replicating and extending a scale of influence among offenders

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Pages 226-243 | Received 10 Jan 2019, Accepted 08 May 2019, Published online: 06 Jun 2019

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