Acquaintance rape: attributions of victim blame by college students and prison inmates as a function of relationship status of victim and assailant.
53 male college students and 37 male prison inmates completed a questionnaire evaluating an hypothetical rape scenario with a male perpetrator and a female victim. The college students assigned equal blame to the victim regardless of whether the assailant was a stranger or an acquaintance, but the inmates assigned more blame to the victim when the assailant was a stranger than an acquaintance. The results may be interpreted as showing a greater awareness of date or acquaintance rape among the college population than among the prison population.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011902:Rape; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology