TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Evaluating Stranger and Acquaintance Rape: The Role of Benevolent Sexism in Perpetrator Blame and Recommended Sentence Length
JO  - Law and human behavior
A1  - Viki, G. Tendayi
A1  - Abrams, Dominic
A1  - Masser, Barbara
SP  - 295
EP  - 303
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 Offender Adult Violence Adult Male Male Offender Male Violence Sexual Assault Offender Sexual Assault Perceptions Stranger Rape Stranger Violence Acquaintance Rape Acquaintance Violence Date Rape Rape Offender Rape Perceptions Violence Against Women Perceptions About Offender Offender Blaming Offender Responsibility 01-05<p />
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SN  - 0147-7307
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -