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This exploratory study investigated whether rape victims ’ subjective perceptions of whether to proceed with legal action were associated with their experience of disclosing to the police during ...
of verbal sexual coercion and rape /attempted rape . These 2 victim groupings were chosen based on past literature and to account for the fact that rape is a legal definition that varies across states. We did ...
. Scherl published ‘Patterns of Response Among Victims of Rape ’ in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. They were the first to delineate the ‘normal’ and predictable psychological after-effects of rape ...
about the causes of rape and sexual torture and presents excerpts from victim narratives to develop our understanding of how and why sexual torture occurs. Support is found for three perpetrator ...
, participants used the terms “ rape ” and “sexual assault” interchangeably. In addition, although students were asked gender-neutral questions, throughout the conversations, survivors and victims were referred ...
popular approaches to explaining sex differences in fear of victimization directly relates to the fear of rape . Ferraro’s (1995; 1996) and Warr’s (1985) ‘shadow of sexual assault hypothesis’ contends ...
Knowledge Scale 2 Selected results: Compared with control, men who participated in SAIT reported greater rape knowledge, less acceptance of rape myths, and greater empathy for victims at post-test. Rau et ...
, and legal actors have an impact on the individual’s psychological health and well-being. It is about how the law functions as a social force that have consequences that can be therapeutic or anti-therapeutic ...
of sexual assault. Findings In this population 7·2% of adolescent girls reported being raped in the prior twelve months, with 11·1% of these rape victims reporting over five experiences. Among the 21·3% who ...
be involved (NDI 2018). Women’s representation and participation in politics challenge the traditional gender norm of the male-dominated involvement and have been met with physical, psychological , economic ...
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