Sexual Distance in Victim-Offender Relationships: Expanding the Social Distance Hypothesis for Rape Sentencing in China

ObjectivesDrawing on the social distance hypothesis, this study investigates how sexual distance between victims and offenders affects sentencing outcomes in rape cases.MethodsThis analysis utilizes first-trial criminal sentencing documents for rape offenses from 2014 to 2019 in China, retrieved fro...

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Authors: Chen, Manting (Author) ; Xin, Yanyu (Author) ; Cai, Tianji (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 575-598
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
China
Rape sentencing
Sexual distance
Victim-offender relationship