Investigating the demographic and attitudinal predictors of rape myth acceptance in U.K. Police officers: developing an evidence-base for training and professional development

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The influence of ‘High’ vs. ‘Low’ rape myth acceptance on police officers' judgements of victim and perpetrator responsibility, and rape authenticity

“…Moreover, studies comparing police officers to other populations, such as undergraduate students, find that overall levels of RMA do not significantly differ between groups, with both exhibiting low levels of acceptance (Sleath & Bull, 2017). A recent study (not included in the above review) conducted by Murphy and Hine (2018) found similarly low levels of rape myth acceptance in a large UK sample. Examination of specific myths has also highlighted that police officers in the UK tend to subscribe to 'she lied' myths to a greater extent than psychology and law students, while endorsing 'she asked for it' and 'he didn't mean to' myths to a lesser extent (Sleath & Bull, 2015).…”

“…The present study therefore assessed the relationship between police officers' rape myth acceptance and their judgements of victim and perpetrator responsibility, as well as rape authenticity, in a large UK sample. This study represents a follow-up analysis to two previous studies assessing the attitudes and judgements of officers separately Hine, 2018, andMurphy, 2017 respectively). Specifically, this study assesses whether officers' judgements varied based on 'high' versus 'low' levels of rape myth acceptance, across hypothetical rape vignettes which varied on three specific rape myth-related factors: victim-perpetrator relationship, victim reputation, and initial point of resistance.…”

“…This scale was presented as part of a randomised battery of measures, including scales measuring hostility towards women, ambivalent sexism (hostile and benevolent), and the relationship between power and sex. For more details of these scales, see Murphy and Hine (2018).…”

“…There are a number of methodological limitations to this study, the first three of which are discussed in detail in Hine and Murphy (2017) & Murphy and Hine (2018), and are summarised briefly here. First, participants in this study were officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), representing only 1 of the UK's 43 forces.…”

Atendimento a vítimas de violência sexual: revisão da literatura acerca do treinamento de policiais

“…Na prática, isso se traduz em constantes experiências de vitimização secundária por parte das vítimas e uma queda na probabilidade de que elas procurem ajuda (McMilla, 2015;Murphy & Hine, 2018). Por isso, para autores como Bueno e colegas (2016), faz-se mister que o currículo de policiais seja revisto, de modo a contemplar as especificidades da violência sexual e incluir temais tais quais: o acolhimento das vítimas e os encaminhamentos necessários.…”