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Impact of a Training Programme on Police Attitudes Towards Victims of Rape: a Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]

open access: yesCambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 2020
Abstract Research Question Does an in-service training programme designed to address the attitudes of student officers, uniformed response officers and specialist rape crime investigators towards victims of rape change their perspective on adult victims, both male and female, who report rape offences?
McKee, Zoe   +2 more
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Nursing students' attitudes towards sexuality before training in sexual and reproductive health

open access: yesNursing Open, 2023
Aim To know the attitudes towards sexuality of nursing students and those sociodemographic and cultural factors that can influence it. Design An observational study was carried out on Nursing degree students.
Sergio Martínez‐Vázquez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Greek students’ attitudes toward rape

open access: yesΨυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας, 2020
Literature on sexual harassment and violence against women describes a variety of myths and stereotypes regarding partial or total responsibility of rape victims and their “enjoyment” of sexual violence.
Aikaterini Gari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitude towards Rape and Its Victim: Voice of Indian Young Adults

open access: yesInternational Journal of Social Science and Human Research, 2022
Rape is one of the most alarming issues at present in India. The central point of this paper is to obtain different perceptions of rape and rape victims through the lens of gender stereotyping. This empirical study involves in-depth interviews of hundred young adults living in West Bengal, India. This paper deals with the perception and motives of this
Soumita Chatterjee,   +2 more
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The effectiveness of sexual assault referral centres with regard to mental health and substance use: a national mixed-methods study – the MiMoS Study

open access: yesHealth and Social Care Delivery Research, 2023
Background Sexual assault referral centres have been established to provide an integrated service that includes forensic examination, health interventions and emotional support.
Elizabeth Hughes   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Psychopathy and Exposure to Violence in Rape Myth Acceptance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The main aim of the present study was to specify and test a structural model to examine the relationships between four psychopathy dimensions (Interpersonal Manipulation, Callous Affect, Erratic Lifestyle and Antisocial Behaviour), childhood exposure to ...
Boduszek, Daniel   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Attitudes toward rape victims among University of Namibia students

open access: yesJournal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020
A common misunderstanding about rape is that the perpetrator is driven by a sexual desire motivated by the victim’s seductive dressing or behaviour. The damaging impact of rape on the victim not only affects the victim’s emotional, psychological and physical state, but its ripple effects impact the larger systems of families, friends and life partners.
Poonam Dhaka   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

An overview of the literature on female-perpetrated adult male sexual victimization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The rape of women has been an issue of concern in research literature for the past 40 years. Conversely, rape against men has only relatively recently received investigation.
Fisher, Nicola L., Pina, Afroditi
core   +1 more source

Gender differences in medical students' attitudes towards male and female rape victims [PDF]

open access: yesPsychology, Health & Medicine, 2008
This study examines attitudes towards female and male rape victims (ARVS, Ward, 1988) among UK medical students (N = 240; 120 females and 120 males). The study's hypotheses, namely, that male respondents will view rape victims more negatively than female respondents and that male victims will be viewed more negatively than female victims, were ...
Irina, Anderson, Alison, Quinn
openaire   +2 more sources

“Silly girls” and “nice young lads”: vilification and vindication in the perceptions of medico-legal practitioners in rape cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this article, we explore perceptions and presumptions in relation to rape, raped women, and rapists, among medico-legal professionals who perform forensic medical examinations in rape cases.
McMillan, Lesley, White, Deborah
core   +1 more source

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