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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"female perpetrators"”.
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Attitudes towards rape as a function of the victim's gender and sexual orientation
It is well documented that female rape victims are blamed to some extent for their assault. However, there is a lack of research investigating attitudes towards other types of sexual assault, such as sexual assaults on adult males, or sexual assaults committed by women. This thesis aimed to extend …
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What You See is What They Want You to See: South African Newspaper Constructions of Female Offenders
Although female-perpetrated crime is a significant minority of overall crime statistics, the media are ready to capitalise on these stories and often resort to sensationalist reporting which results in the misrepresentation of female criminality. Many researchers have highlighted how the media …
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A Study of Factors Predicting Dating Violence Perpetration Among Male and Female College Students
… examines a variety of risk factors for male and female perpetrators of dating violence in college dating relationships. Eight risk factors were used in this study: witnessing parental violence, experiencing childhood violence, problems with alcohol, length of relationship, relationship …
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Predicting the Likelihood of Dating Violence Perpetration in a Sample of Women: Unidirectional Versus Bidirectional Violence
… Although early research focused on men as perpetrators, it is commonly found that women are just as likely, if not more likely, to perpetrate violence in relationships. Some studies have categorized violent couple dyads into unidirectional (perpetration only) or bidirectional violence …
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A Qualitative Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence
The purpose of this study was to explore women's dual experiences of IPV to examine whether their motivations fit the current framework on four types of intimate partner violence (IPV) in light of Johnson's typology, which includes: violent resistance (VR), situational couple violence (SCV), mutual …
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ʻIdle, Drunk and Good-for-Nothingʼ: The Rank-and-File Perpetrators of 1932-1933 Famine in Ukraine and Their Representation in Cultural Memory
… dissertation examines identifiable traces of the perpetrators of the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine, known as the Holodomor, and their representation in cultural memory. It shows that the men and women who facilitated the famine on the ground were predominantly ordinary people largely incongruous …