RT Article
T1 Understanding the mental calculus of a victim advisor: a survey experiment in the context of college campus sexual victimization
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 31
IS 9
SP 1102
OP 1120
A1 Burton, Alexander L.
A1 Harris, Michelle N.
A1 Wilkes, Nicole
A1 Puddy, Haley N.
A1 Miller, William T. 1941-
A2 Harris, Michelle N.
A2 Wilkes, Nicole
A2 Puddy, Haley N.
A2 Miller, William T. 1941-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1937673766
AB This study examines factors that weigh on a victim advisor’s mental calculus when approving whether a victim report a crime to the police. A factorial design was embedded in a survey of college students (n = 1221) and vignettes randomized the relationships between the victim, advisor, and perpetrator and the age of the victim and perpetrator. Results indicate that relationships between parties significantly weigh on an advisors’ mental calculus of approving a crime be reported. Moreover, advisors disapprove reporting if the perpetrator is a juvenile and they approve reporting if the victim is a juvenile. Advisors’ personal biases also mattered.
K1 college campuses
K1 victim advisors
K1 survey experiment
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2024.2337200