Comparing Rape Victim and Perpetrator Blaming in a Police Officer Sample Differences Between Police Officers With and Without Special Training

• Published in: Criminal justice and behavior Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 646 - 665
• Main Authors: Sleath, Emma, Bull, Ray
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2012; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Acceptance; Criminal justice; Differences; Just world beliefs; Perpetrators; Police officers; Rape; Sex roles; Victims; Victims of crime; victim blaming; rape myths; belief in a just world; police; gender role; perpetrator blaming

This study compared victim blaming and perpetrator blaming in a sample of police officers (N = 123), comparing the responses of police officers specially trained to deal with rape victims with those who had not received this training. Victim blaming was significantly predicted by rape myth acceptanc...