Perceptions of Victims and Perpetrators in a Depicted Child Sexual Abuse Case: Gender and Age Factors

Autor/inn/en	Rogers, Paul; Davies, Michelle
Titel	Perceptions of Victims and Perpetrators in a Depicted Child Sexual Abuse Case: Gender and Age Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22 (2007) 5, S.566-584 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260506298827
Schlagwörter	Victims of Crime; Males; Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Preadolescents; Adults; Prediction; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Criminals; Credibility; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexueller Missbrauch; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Vorhersage; Ausland; Straftäter; Glaubwürdigkeit
Abstract	This study investigated the roles of respondent, perpetrator, and victim gender on attributions toward a 10- or 15-year-old victim and an adult perpetrator in a hypothetical sexual abuse case. It was predicted (a) that female respondents would be more provictim and antiperpetrator than men, (b) that 10-year-old victims would be deemed more credible than 15-year-olds, and (c) that men would deem a 15-year-old male victim more culpable when child sexual abuse is perpetrated by a female abuser. Three hundred thirty-seven respondents read a 350-word sexual abuse depiction in which victim age, victim gender, and perpetrator gender were varied between respondents. Respondents then completed a 14-item attribution scale, relating to victim blame, perpetrator blame, assault severity, and victim credibility. A series of ANOVAs revealed support for all predictions. Results are discussed in relation to gender role attitudes. Suggestions for future work are also considered. (Contains 3 tables and 5 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10