RT Article
T1 But Someone Was Right There: An Examination of How Third-Party Presence Is Associated With Rape and Sexual Assault Victim Help-Seeking Behavior and Reports to Police
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 14
SP 3704
OP 3725
A1 Powers Mondragon, Hailey
A2 Rennison, Callie Marie
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1908930314
AB This research evaluates whether third-party presence is associated with rape and sexual assault (RSA) victims help-seeking and reporting to police, addressing a gap in the literature about how the presence of a third-party is associated with victim behavior. This research uses secondary data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Findings indicate that third-party presence has no statistically significant association with help-seeking and marginal significance with police reporting. This research focuses on third-party presence as a precursor to understanding victim help-seeking behaviors and reports to police. This research raises questions about the expected role of third parties in RSA victimizations.
K1 reporting to police
K1 Help-seeking
K1 third-party presence
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Rape
DO 10.1177/10778012231183653