Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers’ Attitudes toward Rape

The current study contributes to what is known about police officers’ attitudes toward rape. A survey was administered to 891 sworn police officers in two states in the southeastern United States. The surveys were designed to assess police officers’ acceptance of rape myths. It was hypothesized that...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:  
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Körperschaft: NC DOCKS at Appalachian State University (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Page, Amy Dellinger
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2007
In: Journal of police and criminal psychology
Jahr: 2007
Online-Zugang: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)
Journals Online & Print:
Lade...
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The current study contributes to what is known about police officers’ attitudes toward rape. A survey was administered to 891 sworn police officers in two states in the southeastern United States. The surveys were designed to assess police officers’ acceptance of rape myths. It was hypothesized that police officers would be accepting of rape myths, which are inherently misogynistic. Attitudes toward rape were expected to vary according to educational attainment and experience with rape investigations, such that higher levels of education and more experience with rape investigations would lead to the rejection of rape myths. There was a significant difference in the acceptance of rape myths with varying levels of educational attainment and experience with rape investigations
ISSN:1936-6469
DOI:10.1007/s11896-007-9002-7