Investigating the demographic and attitudinal predictors of rape myth acceptance in U.K. Police officers: developing an evidence-base for training and professional development

Efforts to understand rape myth acceptance (RMA) as a cognitive framework in police, unifying key cognitive/attitudinal and demographic factors into one coherent model, are lacking. Using a cross-sectional survey design, predictors of RMA were assessed by linear hierarchical regression, including de...

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Main Author: Murphy, Anthony (Author)
Contributors: Hine, Benjamin
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Psychology, crime & law
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