DENVER - RAPE PREVENTION RESEARCH PROJECT - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 42911
• Author(s): C J HURSCH; J SELKIN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 100 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-DF-08-0029
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Denver Dept of Health and Hospitals
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE RESULTS OF THE COLORADO RAPE PREVENTION PROJECT AND ITS EFFORTS IN CUTTING THE INCIDENCE OF THIS CRIME.

Abstract

COMPARISON OF RAPE VICTIM AND RAPE RESISTOR GROUPS OF SUBJECTS YIELDED, AS EXPECTED, NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. RAPE RESISTORS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE DOMINANT, AND MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN CAPACITY TO COPE WITH A VARIETY OF SOCIAL SITUATIONS. FOLLOWING THE ASSAULT, RESISTORS WERE LESS ANXIOUS, LESS DEPRESSED AND LESS FRIGHTENED THAN VICTIMS. FURTHER WORK IN THIS AREA WILL BE CONCERNED WITH CROSS-VALIDATING THE ABOVE RESULTS WITH NEW TESTS, AND WITH COMPARING VICTIM-RESISTOR PERCEPTION OF THE ASSAILANT AND RAPE ENVIRONMENT. DATA FOR THIS ANALYSIS HAS ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED. THE PROJECT IN ITS FIRST YEAR EXPLORED A NUMBER OF NEW AREAS IN RAPE RESEARCH. FOR THE FIRST TIME, COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN LIVE SUBJECT GROUPS OF RAPE VICTIMS AND RAPE RESISTORS. A NUMBER OF PERSONALITY AND EMOTIONAL STATE VARIABLES WERE FOUND WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENTIATED THESE TWO GROUPS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...BDS