RT Article
T1 The Impact of Media Watching and Victim Gender on Victim and Offender Blameworthiness and Punishment
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 5
SP 1133
OP 1153
A1 Schanz, Kimberley
A2 Jones, Emily E.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882929209
AB In recent years, there has been increased attention regarding the impact of the media on individuals’ perceptions of the criminal justice system, specifically focusing on the CSI effect and forensic evidence. In order to expand this area of research, this article focuses on the impact and interaction of crime-related media-watching habits and victim gender on perceptions of blameworthiness and punishment of both victims and aggressors in sexual assault cases. As expected, results supported the hypothesis that increased media-watching contributed to more stereotypical perceptions of sexual assault cases. However, slight variations observed in blameworthiness and punishment based on victim gender were nonsignificant. Implications for future research are discussed.
K1 Punishment
K1 Blameworthiness
K1 victim gender
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Media
DO 10.1177/10778012231170862