Effects of offender motivation, victim gender, and participant gender on perceptions of rape victims and offenders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1564-1578

  Mitchell, Damon ^a   Angelone, D J ^b   Kohlberger, Brittany ^c   Hirschman, Richard ^d  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Offender motivation; Participant gender; Sexual assault; Victim gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW ENGLAND; PUBLIC OPINION; RAPE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249134178     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508323662     Document Type: Article

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