RT Article
T1 Men Can Be Victims Too: Latent Class Analysis of Extrafamilial Male-on-Male Sexual Assault Scripts
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 5
SP 942
OP 961
A1 Bélair, Gabrielle
A2 Chopin, Julien
A2 Fortin, Francis
A2 Beauregard, Eric
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1897091419
AB Male-on-male sexual assaults (MMSA) have been overlooked in the literature, especially in light of the offender’s decisional sequence. Additionally, current studies have never been supported by a strong theoretical framework. Therefore, the present study aims to describe MMSA by investigating the heterogeneity of MMSA scripts as well as by highlighting how victim, offender, and crime characteristics influence the crime-commission process. Using a database provided by the French Ministry of Interior, a latent class analysis supported by the script approach was conducted amongst 459 cases of MMSA. The model was composed of 16 variables illustrating various stages in the crime-commission process and 23 variables related to the offender and victim’s characteristics were used to assess external validity. The findings support the heterogeneity of MMSA and highlight the existence of four scripts, namely the Intimate Outdoor, the Acquaintance Indoor, the Coercive Indoor, and the Stranger Outdoor scripts. Our results do not only contribute to raising awareness on the issue of MMSA, but they also have various practical implications as they can be used to guide prevention and investigation efforts.
K1 Rational Choice
K1 scripts
K1 latent class
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 male offender
K1 male victim
K1 Male-on-male sexual assault
DO 10.1080/15564886.2023.2189193