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Community attitudes towards rape victims
2022This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
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THE SOCIO-LEGAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS RAPE VICTIMS IN NIGERIA DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
International Journal of Innovative Research in Social Sciences and Strategic Management Techniques, 2022Rape has long been a brutal part of the- human history of forceful sexual intercourse against a person who is weakened, unconscious or powerless of giving valid permission. The documented rise in sexual violence in Nigeria especially people with poor socio-economic legislators and status is not only to attributed to excessive drinking and indecent ...
Falana Abolade, Tolulope Falana
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Prevalence of negative attitudes among police officers toward rape victims
Adolescent and Pediatric Gynecology, 1995The objective of this study was to determine, by survey, the prevalence of negative attitudes toward rape victims among police officers at the Memphis Police Academy. A total of 510 police officers completed surveys that included negative statements about rape victims.
D. Muram, R. Hellman, B. Cassinello
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Attitudes Toward Rape Victims Effects of Gender and Professional Status
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999This study examined the relationship of gender and professional status on attitudes toward rape victims. The Attitudes Toward Rape Victims Scale was completed by 74 upper-class undergraduates (20 males, 54 females), 78 beginning graduate students in counseling (18 males, 60 females), and 45 mental health professionals (22 males, 23 females).
BRADLEY H. WHITE +1 more
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Adolescent Attitudes Toward Victim Precipitation of Rape
Violence and Victims, 1998Adolescents have high rates of rape victimization and offending compared to other age groups, yet few studies have examined predictors of rape-supportive attitudes among adolescents. Drawing from Burl’s (1980) study of rape myth acceptance among adults, this study tests a path analytic model of adolescent attitudes about victim precipitation of rape ...
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Psychopathic traits predict harsh attitudes toward rape victims among undergraduates
Personality and Individual Differences, 2017Abstract Sexual aggression is pervasive in American society and affects deleteriously the lives of men and women. Two potential predictors sexual assault are psychopathic personality (psychopathy) traits and rape myth acceptance (RMA), although there is a paucity of research on the relation between RMA and psychopathic traits.
Ashley L. Watts +3 more
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Attitudes Toward Rape and Victims of Rape
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009This study explores the usefulness of the feminist theory in explaining attitudes toward rape and victims of rape in Ghana. The feminist theory of rape posits, inter alia, that patriarchy and gender inequality are major factors in the aetiology of rape and attitudes toward rape and that underlying patriarchy and gender inequality are gender ...
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ATTITUDES TOWARDS RAPE VICTIMS: EFFECTS OF VICTIM STATUS, SEX OF VICTIM, AND SEX OF RATER
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 1989Attitudes towards rape victims were investigated as a function of the rater's sex, the rated individual's sex, and victim versus non-victim status. Student subjects (72 male, 72 female) were given a disguised questionnaire, and required to rate a profiled person (John' or `Carol on 12 evaluative traits (both positive and negative) using a 7-point ...
Katherine Burczyk, Lionel Standing
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Attitudes Toward Rape and Rape Victims
2014This chapter will discuss the reasons why rape victims often fail to report the crimes, common reactions of others to disclosures, and the relationship of these reactions to rape myth acceptance. Cultural, sub-cultural, disability and gender-related issues will be discussed. Theories of human psychology explaining listener resistance will be presented.
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Oppression Through Acceptance?
Violence Against Women, 2009Feminist theories of rape motivation are based on research suggesting a relationship between dominance and sexual aggression. However, the relationship between dominance and rape myth acceptance (RMA), a predictor of rape proclivity and sexual aggression and a key component in feminist theory, is understudied.
Jericho M, Hockett +4 more
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