Beyond surveys and scales: How rape myths manifest in sexual assault police records.

2016/08/18 by Jessica Shaw, Rebecca Campbell, Debi Cain +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #American Sports and Literature #Law in Society and Culture #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

paper · doi:10.1037/vio0000072

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Citations

• Rape Myth Acceptance: Exploration of Its Structure and Its Measurement Using theIllinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
• Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
• The Linkage Between Secondary Victimization by Law Enforcement and Rape Case Outcomes

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• Sex Trafficking Myth Reduction: Evaluating an Educational Approach to Reducing Victim Blaming and Increasing Victim Empathy

Discussions

• In 60% of the reports, officers used rape myths related to the circumstances of the assault. In 42% of them, officers used rape myths related to the victim's life ("not credible"/"slutty"/sex worker [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]