Effects of victim gender, victim sexual orientation, victim response and respondent gender on judgements of blame in a hypothetical adolescent rape

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-338

  Davies, Michelle ^a   Rogers, Paul ^a   Whitelegg, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STEREOTYPY; VICTIM; VIGNETTE; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

EID: 71549135577     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/978185408X386030     Document Type: Article

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