@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating Stranger and Acquaintance Rape: The Role of Benevolent Sexism in Perpetrator Blame and Recommended Sentence Length",
journal="Law and human behavior",
year="2004",
author="Viki, G. Tendayi and Abrams, Dominic and Masser, Barbara",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="295-303",
abstract="In most jurisdictions, the law does not recognize the distinction between stranger and acquaintance rape. However, these two types of rape seem to elicit different responses from both lay observers and legal practitioners. Two studies investigating the role of benevolent sexism (BS) in accounting for participants' responses to acquaintance vs. stranger rape perpetrators are reported. Participants were presented with vignettes describing either an acquaintance rape or a stranger rape. As predicted, relative to low-BS individuals, participants who scored high in BS attributed less blame (Study 1) and recommended shorter sentences (Study 2) for the acquaintance rape perpetrator. Benevolent sexism was unrelated to reactions to the perpetrator in the stranger rape condition. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Law and Human Behavior, 2004. Copyright © 2004 by Springer)Adult OffenderAdult ViolenceAdult MaleMale OffenderMale ViolenceSexual Assault OffenderSexual Assault PerceptionsStranger RapeStranger ViolenceAcquaintance RapeAcquaintance ViolenceDate RapeRape OffenderRape PerceptionsViolence Against WomenPerceptions About OffenderOffender BlamingOffender Responsibility01-05<p />",
language="",
issn="0147-7307",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}