Attribution of blame to rape victims and offenders, and attribution of severity in rape cases: Non-therapists and survivor and offender therapists

This article examines Wolf’s hypothesis of modular judgment in the context of rape myths and attribution of blame to rape victims. Modular judgment was operationalized using blame schemata suited to judgment of everyday aggression. Each of 88 female participants, of whom 29 were sexual trauma surviv...

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Main Author: Idisis, Yael (Author)
Contributors: Edoute, Alice
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: International review of victimology
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