Impact of a Training Programme on Police Attitudes Towards Victims of Rape: a Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]
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
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
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Greek students’ attitudes toward rape
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
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Attitude towards Rape and Its Victim: Voice of Indian Young Adults
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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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
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The Role of Psychopathy and Exposure to Violence in Rape Myth Acceptance [PDF]
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
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Attitudes toward rape victims among University of Namibia students
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
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An overview of the literature on female-perpetrated adult male sexual victimization [PDF]
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
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Gender differences in medical students' attitudes towards male and female rape victims [PDF]
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
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“Silly girls” and “nice young lads”: vilification and vindication in the perceptions of medico-legal practitioners in rape cases [PDF]
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
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