Judging Women and Defining Crime: Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Women and Rape
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Amy Dellinger Page Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Research demonstrates a positive relationship between public attitudes toward women and rape myth acceptance. Little is known about whether this relationship also exists within police culture. The current study assesses the relationship between police officers' attitudes toward women and their attitudes toward rape. The effect of educational attainment on these attitudes is also assessed. A survey was administered to 891 police officers from two states in the southeastern United States. There was a significant difference on measures of modern sexism and the acceptance of rape myths with varying levels of educational attainment.
Judging Women and Defining Crime: Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Women and Rape
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- Publication
- Page, Amy Dellinger. (2008) “Judging Women and Defining Crime: Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Women and Rape.” Sociological Spectrum 28 (4), 389-411. Published by Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1521-0707) DOI: 10.1080/02732170802053621 July 2008
- Language: English
- Date: 2008