TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of rape
T2 - The influence of closeness of relationship, intoxication and sex of participant
AU - Hammock, Georgina S.
AU - Richardson, Deborah R.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - Intoxication of the assailant and/or victim is often mentioned in relation to acquaintance rape. The present study tests how independent observers use this information in their perceptions of acquaintance and stranger rape. One hundred and forty-nine females and 104 males read scenarios depicting a sexual assault and made attributions of responsibility for the rape and evaluated the actors. Victims' intoxication consistently influenced perceptions of victim culpability as well as respondent evaluation of her. The impact of closeness of relationship was much more complex and less consistent than the effects of victim intoxication.
AB - Intoxication of the assailant and/or victim is often mentioned in relation to acquaintance rape. The present study tests how independent observers use this information in their perceptions of acquaintance and stranger rape. One hundred and forty-nine females and 104 males read scenarios depicting a sexual assault and made attributions of responsibility for the rape and evaluated the actors. Victims' intoxication consistently influenced perceptions of victim culpability as well as respondent evaluation of her. The impact of closeness of relationship was much more complex and less consistent than the effects of victim intoxication.
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.12.3.237
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.12.3.237
M3 - Article
C2 - 9477539
AN - SCOPUS:0031418228
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 12
SP - 237
EP - 246
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
IS - 3
ER -