Impacts of Victim Resistance and Type of Assault on Legal Decision-Making in Child Sexual Assault.
Prior studies have examined the effects of victim resistance and type of assault (attempted or completed) on perceptions of adult rape cases. However, research has not yet tested whether these findings extend to verdicts rendered in child rape cases, nor has research focused on how perceptions of vi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 418 - 438 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=163446394&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 163446394 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10538712 JXA jtl: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse issn: 10538712 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2023 vid: 32 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 163446394 161987406 163446394 163446394 10.1080/10538712.2023.2180468 163446394 ppf: 418 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Impacts of Victim Resistance and Type of Assault on Legal Decision-Making in Child Sexual Assault. aug: au: Rawn, Kyle P. Levi, Mary M. Pals, Andrea M. Huber, Holly Golding, Jonathan M. affil: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA sug: subj: Child Abuse, Sexual Legislation and Jurisprudence Decision Making Legislation and Jurisprudence Rape Classification Child Abuse Survivors Self Defense Evaluation Sex Offenders Human Male Female Child Adolescence Young Adult Independent Variable Exploratory Research Factor Analysis Coefficient alpha Logistic Regression Chi Square Test Odds Ratio Mediation Analysis Confidence Intervals Legal Procedure Courts Criminal Justice Guilt Aggression Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Prior studies have examined the effects of victim resistance and type of assault (attempted or completed) on perceptions of adult rape cases. However, research has not yet tested whether these findings extend to verdicts rendered in child rape cases, nor has research focused on how perceptions of victim and defendant characteristics in child rape cases may contribute to legal decision-making. In the present study, a 2 (attempted or completed sexual assault) x 3 (victim resistance: verbal-only, verbal with outside interruption, or physical) x 2 (participant sex) between-participant design was used to assess legal decision-making involving a hypothetical criminal case of child rape, with a six-year-old female victim and a 30-year-old male perpetrator. Three-hundred and thirty-five participants read a criminal trial summary and answered questions about the trial, the victim, and the defendant. Results revealed that: (a) when a victim physically resisted, compared to verbally resisted, more guilty judgments were rendered, (b) when the victim physically resisted, higher ratings for aggregated factors for Victim Credibility and Negative Perceptions of the Defendant were given, leading to more guilty verdicts, and (c) female participants were more likely than male participants to render a guilty verdict. No differences in verdict rendered between the verbal with interruption (e.g., knocking on door) and verbal-only conditions were found, nor did type of assault lead to differences in verdict rendered. Implications for child sexual assault cases and the courtroom, as well as implications for practitioners, are provided. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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