Factors Predicting Conviction in Stranger Rape Cases

Perpetrator characteristics and blame attributions in a stranger rape situation

Both real-life events and research show that rape victims are sometimes blamed for their victimization. The effect of perpetrator characteristics on victim blaming has rarely been studied. In an experiment using a community sample (N = 161), we investigated the effect of the perpetrator’s previous conviction and age, as well as participants’ gender and belief in a just world (BJW) on blame attr...

Female-to-female stranger rape: a case report.

Comparing the Psychological Impact of Battering, Marital Rape and Stranger Rape

This study compares the psychological impact of battering, marital rape, and stranger rape Women who have experienced battering or marital rape as a form of battering are compared with victims of stranger rape victims in terms of their psychological functioning after victimization, as measured by the Derogatis Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The BSI measures socialization, obsessive-compulsive d...

Understanding attribution of blame in cases of rape: An analysis of participant gender, type of rape and perceived similarity to the victim

This study examined a variety of factors that may influence attributions towards rape victims. A total of 156 participants completed a questionnaire, which included a measure of attitudes towards rape victims and a vignette depicting one of three rape scenarios (a stranger rape, date rape and seduction rape). Participants rated the extent to which they blamed the rape victim as well as the degr...

Factors predicting cases with unexpected clinical findings at necropsy.

AIMS/BACKGROUND A major medical role for postmortem examinations is the detection of clinically unexpected disease processes contributing to death. The aim of the present study was to determine whether simple clinical parameters can predict the presence of important unanticipated findings at necropsy. METHODS Prospective audit of adult necropsies carried out in a single year to assess the ext...