Women's judgments of a sexual assault scenario: The role of prejudicial attitudes and victim weight

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-264

  Clarke, Allyson K ^a   Lawson, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifat attitudes; Attributions of fault; Rape myths; Sentencing recommendations; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREJUDICIAL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 66349103728     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.2.248     Document Type: Article

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