Gender differences and socioeconomic status biases in judgments about blame in date rape scenarios

Violence and Victims

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-128

  Black, Katherine A ^a   Gold, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupation; Physical resistance; Sexual coercion; Verbal resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUNISHMENT; RAPE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUNISHMENT; RAPE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 44649197114     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.23.1.115     Document Type: Article

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