Identification and exploration of core features of a real rape paradigm using three data sources relevant to state grant funded rape prevention and education (RPE) program
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description: The primary goal of this dissertation is to identify in rape research and practice literature four core aspects that constitute a real rape paradigm and explore these four aspects across three data sources that speak to a mid-Atlantic state’s Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program. The four aspects of the real rape paradigm identified in the literature and explored in the data sources for this study include the 1) focus on physical force as the primary tactic of rape, 2) narrow perceptions on all the various relational contexts in which rape occurs (e.g., victim/offender relationship), 3) conceptualizing rape as something that happens by men against women, 4) attention is primarily given to adolescents and adults at the expense of children. This entire dissertation project is theoretically guided by thinking with theory and the utilization of three frameworks: a critical perspective/lens, sociology of attention & the iceberg metaphor, and social problems theory & history matters. ☐ The data collected for this dissertation come from interviews, analysis of select policy and practice documents, and my observations as an evaluation member of the RPE evaluation as well as my analysis of one particular survey used for evaluation: the state’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The interviews were with a range of RPE and non-RPE practitioners across three different roles of practitioners in the RPE program: RPE coordinators, coalition members, and local employees. RPE coordinators oversee the grant’s operations, coalitions provide trainings and engage in public education, and local programs implement RPE programs on the ground. Policy and practice documents from organizations that are associated with the RPE program, were identified for analysis in an ad hoc fashion as they were deemed important during the course of the study. Finally, evaluation data constitute my systematic observations of evaluation decisions and internal discussions, as well as an analysis of one of the …
abstract: The primary goal of this dissertation is to identify in rape research and practice literature four core aspects that constitute a real rape paradigm and explore these four aspects across three data sources that speak to a mid-Atlantic state’s Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program. The four aspects of the real rape paradigm identified in the literature and explored in the data sources for this study include the 1) focus on physical force as the primary tactic of rape, 2) narrow perceptions on all the various relational contexts in which rape occurs (e.g., victim/offender relationship), 3) conceptualizing rape as something that happens by men against women, 4) attention is primarily given to adolescents and adults at the expense of children. This entire dissertation project is theoretically guided by thinking with theory and the utilization of three frameworks: a critical perspective/lens, sociology of attention & the iceberg metaphor, and social problems theory & history matters. ☐ The data collected for this dissertation come from interviews, analysis of select policy and practice documents, and my observations as an evaluation member of the RPE evaluation as well as my analysis of one particular survey used for evaluation: the state’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The interviews were with a range of RPE and non-RPE practitioners across three different roles of practitioners in the RPE program: RPE coordinators, coalition members, and local employees. RPE coordinators oversee the grant’s operations, coalitions provide trainings and engage in public education, and local programs implement RPE programs on the ground. Policy and practice documents from organizations that are associated with the RPE program, were identified for analysis in an ad hoc fashion as they were deemed important during the course of the study. Finally, evaluation data constitute my systematic observations of evaluation decisions and internal discussions, as well as an analysis of one of the …
author: Pugh, Brandie S.
keywords: Grant, Paradigm, Qualitative mixed methods, Rape
date published: 2022
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:11:22Z
provider: University of Delaware
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Delaware

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value: 10.58088/fg7d-6p52