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Studia Psychologica Vol.51, No.1, p.85-100, 2009

Title: ATTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS TO VICTIMS OF RAPE - POLICE OFFICERS’ PERSPECTIVES
Author: Igor AREH, Gorazd MESKO, Peter UMEK

Abstract: Attribution of blame to a sexual abuse victim has several negative effects, including secondary victimization. The feelings of secondary victimization arise already upon first contact with police officers, creating a negative first impression and making it less likely that the victim will be willing to cooperate with the prosecuting and the judicial authorities. This issue prompted us to investigate the extent to which police officers attribute blame to a woman portrayed as a victim of three different criminal acts. We analyzed the answers of 1,000 Slovenian police officers who attributed different personality characteristics to the notional victim. The victim was placed in three victimizing situations (rape victim of an unknown man, rape victim of a husband, and burglary victim), as well as in one situation without victimization. The factor analysis yielded three factors, which we named the empathy factor, the attribution of blame to the victim factor and the rejection of victim’s blame factor. The results have shown that the participants attributed most blame to the victim when she was raped by her husband.

Keywords: rape, personal characteristics, attribution of blame, police officers
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 1 Page From: 85, Page To: 100

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