NCJ Number
120982
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1989) Pages: 278-288
Date Published
1989
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The present study investigated the effects of victim characteristics on people's perceptions of a rape incident.
Abstract
Subjects read an account of a rape incident in which the victim was described either as a virgin or as a sexually promiscuous woman. It was predicted that, because of the different attributional perspectives adopted by males and females when explaining a rape incident, the characteristics of the victim would influence the judgments of male subjects but not of female subjects. The results obtained supported this prediction. (Author abstract)