@article {73491,
	title = {Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980{\textendash}2009)},
	journal = {American Political Science Review},
	volume = {107},
	number = {3},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {461{\textendash}477},
	abstract = {Why do some armed groups commit massive wartime rape, whereas others never do? Using an original dataset, I describe the substantial variation in rape by armed actors during recent civil wars and test a series of competing causal explanations. I find evidence that the recruitment mechanism is associated with the occurrence of wartime rape. Specifically, the findings support an argument about wartime rape as a method of socialization, in which armed groups that recruit by force{\textemdash}through abduction or pressganging{\textemdash}use rape to create unit cohesion. State weakness and insurgent contraband funding are also associated with increased wartime rape by rebel groups. I examine observable implications of the argument in a brief case study of the Sierra Leone civil war. The results challenge common explanations for wartime rape, with important implications for scholars and policy makers.},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003055413000221},
	author = {Cohen, Dara Kay}
}
