TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - The Role of “Real Rape” and “Real Victim” Stereotypes in the Police Reporting Practices of Sexually Assaulted Women
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Du Mont, Janice
A1  - Miller, Karen-Lee
A1  - Myhr, Terri L.
SP  - 466
EP  - 486
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - Some feminists have argued that rape myths constrain women’s reporting of sexual assault to the police. The authors investigated whether myth-associated characteristics of sexual assaults play a role in police reporting behaviors of women. A sample of 186 sexual assault cases seen at a hospital-based sexual assault care center in 1994 was analyzed using logistic regression. A positive association was found between reporting a sexual assault to the police and two overtly violent components of the “real rape” myth: the use of physical force and the occurrence of physical injury.<p /> 
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SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801202250960
ID  - ref1
ER  -