Expectations about victim and offender behaviour during stranger rape

sleath, emma; Woodhams, Jessica

doi:10.1080/1068316x.2013.876500

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“…Unlike previous research (Dinos, Burrowes, Hammond, & Cunliffe, 2015;Sleath & Woodhams, 2014), except for weak correlations with AMMSA (Gerger et al, 2007) and…”

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“…Aggression Scale (AMMSA) (Gerger, Kley, Bohner & Siebler, 2007) to measure their rape myth beliefs, the Homosexuality Attitude Scale (HAS) (Kite & Deaux, 1986) to measure whether levels of homophobia impacted judgements differently by complainant gender, and the Just World Scale (Dalbert, Montada & Schmitt, 1987) to measure the belief that in a just world people tend to get the outcome they deserve. This opinion is linked to increased victim blaming and assuming rape only happens to certain societal groups (e.g., Sleath & Woodhams, 2014;Strömwall, Landström, & Alfredsson, 2014; although see Russell & Hand, 2017 for opposing views).…”

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The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases

McIntosh¹,

Davis²

2019

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Recent media reports of contemporary and historical rape and sexual assault cases have focused on the entertainment industry, particularly around the notion of the ‘casting couch’. This scenario in which a powerful figure obtains sexual acts from subordinate actors in exchange for employment was used to explore the influence of rape myths and Sexual Economic Theory on mock-juror decision-making. Participant-jurors (n = 907) viewed video and written testimony of a male or female complainant, accusing a male producer of rape. Delay before reporting the incident to the police (immediately, six months, ten years), and whether the complainant secured the acting role or not were varied. Females (79.7%) were significantly more likely than males (62.7%) to deliver a guilty verdict and to recommend longer prison sentences. When the complainant did not secure the acting role, and they delayed reporting the incident for six months, there was a trend for guilty verdict rates to be slightly higher when the complainant was male (80.5%) than female (64.5%). Defendant guilt attributions to the male and female complainant were also differently influenced by rape myth belief levels and homophobic attitudes, but not beliefs in a just world. The casting couch has a worldwide context, and these results have important implications for any occupational setting in which men in positions of power may sexually exploit junior staff.

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“…Unlike previous research (Dinos, Burrowes, Hammond, & Cunliffe, 2015;Sleath & Woodhams, 2014), except for weak correlations with AMMSA (Gerger et al, 2007) and…”

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confidence: 91%

Section: Participants Also Completed the Acceptance Of Modern Myths Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases

McIntosh¹,

Davis²

2019

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“…The concept of RMA has its roots in feminist theory, where rape is seen as a means by which men exert power over women. Researchers argue that RMA is pervasive and widely held in all levels of society (Bohner et al, 2009;Sleath & Woodhams, 2014). It correlates with Hostile and BS (Grubb & Turner, 2012).…”

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Attributions of victim blame in stranger and acquaintance rape: A quantitative study

Persson

Dhingra

Grogan

2018

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…The myth includes the use of extreme violence (often including the use of a weapon) and the victim strongly resisting the attack physically and sustaining injuries (Clay-Warner & McMahon-Howard, 2009;Du Mont et al, 2003). In a comparison with studies of real stranger rape cases, Sleath and Woodhams (2014) found students overestimated how frequently aspects of the 'real rape' myth (specifically, the violent offender and physically resistant victim behaviours) occur in rape cases. Thus, expectations of victim and offender behaviours appear to comply with the 'real rape' myth more than real cases of rape do.…”

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Myths and legends: The reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

Waterhouse

Reynolds

Egan

2016

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Rape myths affect many aspects of the investigative and criminal justice systems. One such myth, the 'real rape' myth, states that most rapes involve a stranger using a weapon attacking a woman violently at night in an isolated, outdoor area, and that women sustain serious injuries from these attacks. The present study examined how often actual offences reported to a central UK police force over a two year period matched the 'real rape' myth. Out of 400 cases of rape reported, not a single incident was found with all the characteristics of the 'real rape' myth. The few stranger rapes that occurred had a strong link to night-time economy activities, such as the victim and offender both having visited pubs, bars, and clubs. By contrast, the majority of reported rape offences (280 cases, 70.7%) were committed by people known to the victim (e.g., domestic and acquaintance rapes), occurred inside a residence, with most victims sustaining no physical injuries from the attack. The benefits of these naturalistic findings from the field for educating people about the inaccuracy of rape myths are discussed.

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Expectations about victim and offender behaviour during stranger rape

Cited by 18 publications

References 55 publications

The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases

The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases

Attributions of victim blame in stranger and acquaintance rape: A quantitative study

Myths and legends: The reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

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