The impact of victim-perpetrator relationship, reputation and initial point of resistance on officers' responsibility and authenticity ratings towards hypothetical rape cases

Benjamin Hine and Anthony Murphy

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 49, issue C, 1-13

Abstract: Previous studies suggest that judgments of responsibility and authenticity made towards hypothetical rape cases differ when specific case factors are varied. However, few studies have examined whether police officers exhibit similar variations in judgment.

Keywords: Rape; Rape myths; Police officers; Judgments; Objective policing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.01.001

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