@article{ref1,
title="To date a "victim": testing the stigma of the victim label through an experimental audit of dating apps",
journal="Journal of experimental criminology",
year="2023",
author="Evans, Douglas N. and Kim, Chunrye and Sachs, Nicole M.",
volume="19",
number="3",
pages="615-633",
abstract="OBJECTIVES  Publicly revealing prior victimization could produce negative reactions and could affect a self-identified victim's initiation of romantic relationships.   Methods  To measure victim stigma, an experimental audit design used six study profiles, each with pictures of a Black, Latinx, or White cisgender female or cis-male and bio text that in the experimental condition included a briefstatement of prior victimization, to compare match rates of profiles disclosing prior victimization with identical profiles not disclosing victimization.   Results  Disclosing victimization reduced total matches for all profiles regardless of sex or race. Racial congruence analyses of matches indicated that relative to the White control profile, all other study profiles were more likely to match with dating app users of a different race/ethnicity, except for the White male victim profile.   Conclusions  The stigma of the victim label may discourage people from disclosing their prior victimization. Racial congruence findings suggests that victim stigma may differ across different racial and ethnic groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1573-3750",
doi="10.1007/s11292-022-09500-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-022-09500-6"
}