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Ethnicity, the search for rapists and the press. / Grover, Christopher; Soothill, Keith.
In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1996, p. 568-584.

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Grover, C & Soothill, K 1996, 'Ethnicity, the search for rapists and the press', Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 568-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1996.9993925

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Grover, C., & Soothill, K. (1996). Ethnicity, the search for rapists and the press. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 19(3), 568-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1996.9993925

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Grover C, Soothill K. Ethnicity, the search for rapists and the press. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1996;19(3):568-584. doi: 10.1080/01419870.1996.9993925

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Grover, Christopher ; Soothill, Keith. / Ethnicity, the search for rapists and the press. In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1996 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 568-584.

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