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Turner, Carla Baade – 1993
One of eight papers from Project Seed, this paper describes a project in which 10 alternative high school students, one teacher, and one aide researched, wrote, interviewed, taped, and edited a 64-minute news format video on a variety of sexuality issues: anatomy, physiology, sexually transmitted diseases, birth control, pregnancy options…
Descriptors: Abortions, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adoption, Contraception
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1977
These House hearings deal with a number of similar bills prohibiting the sexual exploitation of children and the transporting in interstate and foreign commerce of photographs of film depicting such exploitation. These practices, including physical sexual abuse of children of both sexes and all ages, are seen to be proliferating. The hearings…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Crime, Federal Legislation
Brecher, Edward M. – 1978
This survey report presents information on 20 treatment programs in 12 states which are directly concerned with the existing sexual problems and future behavior of correctional inmates, probationers, and parolees. Three additional programs which are no longer in operation, but have considerable historical interest, are also described. The programs…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions
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Baron, Larry – Society, 1987
To right-wing groups and some feminists pornography symbolizes immorality. The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography supported this thinking. It concluded that pornography increases aggression and it instituted a crackdown on pornography. Since no empirical evidence supports its conclusions, the commission was more concerned with censorship…
Descriptors: Censorship, Federal Regulation, Feminism, Mass Media Effects
Davis, Angela – Freedomways, 1976
Notes that current anti-rape literature has acquired a racist edge and criticizes the most recent book on rape Against Our Will suggested to be the most conspicuously and outrageously racist of them all. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Blacks, Contemporary Literature
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Sprafkin, Joyce N.; Silverman, L. Theresa – Journal of Communication, 1981
Examines the 1978-79 prime time television season on the three major networks to determine the frequency and portrayal of sex. Results were compared with data from the 1975 and 1977 seasons and demonstrate an increased frequency of references to physically intimate and sexual behaviors. (JMF)
Descriptors: Aggression, Content Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Networks
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Greenberg, Selma; Campbell, Patricia B. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1987
Building on the work of feminist writers and theorists, in issues such as the tying (and untying) of sex to reproduction and the roles of women and men as sexual initiators/sexual objects, this article explores historical and current implications for education and for the resolving of sexual paradoxes. (Author/IAH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism, Individual Power
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Ryan, Kathryn M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1988
College students (N=18) wrote scripts about "typical" rape and "typical" seduction. Scripts were coded on 20 dimensions. Results showed that rape and seduction scripts were very different. Most subjects described blitz rape in which woman outdoors was attacked by male stranger. Seductions described were usually indoors and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Dating (Social), Higher Education
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Freetly, Angela J. Hattery; Kane, Emily W. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1995
Examines reactions of 531 undergraduate men and women to scenarios depicting nonconsensual heterosexual intercourse involving varying levels of prior intimacy. Responses show women were most likely to find the scenarios unacceptable; gender differences increased with higher levels of prior intimacy between victim and offender. Knowing a rape…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Literature Reviews, Rape, Sex Differences
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Scott, Roxanne I.; Day, H. D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Thirty-two adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse completed the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and the Response to Childhood Incest Questionnaire. Respondents reported higher levels of both experienced and expressed anger than comparable STAXI norms. Discusses other findings. Research findings indicate the first empirical…
Descriptors: Adults, Anger, Child Abuse, Crime
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Hogben, Matthew; Waterman, Caroline K. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2000
Investigated relationships between conflict tactics and coercive sexual behavior within relationships. College student surveys indicated that greater magnitudes of sexual coercion associated with higher levels of abusive conflict tactics and with psychological abuse within relationships. People engaging in psychological abuse were more likely to…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Abuse
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Martin, Antonio Fuertes; Vergeles, Maribel Ramos; Acevedo, Victoria de la Orden; Sanchez, Amaia del; Visa, Susana Lazaro – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This study aimed to know the prevalence of sexual coercion toward women perpetrated by acquaintance Spanish college men, and some personal factors associated with the involvement in these behaviors to replicate the confluence model. An anonymous questionnaire was completed by 196 university students that included an adaptation of the Sexual…
Descriptors: Males, Empathy, Sexuality, Rape
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Lindsay, William R.; Michie, Amanda M.; Whitefield, Elaine; Martin, Victoria; Grieve, Alan; Carson, Derek – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: This report employs a recently developed assessment on attitudes consistent with sexual offending [Questionnaire on Attitudes Consistent with Sexual Offences (QACSO)] to compare different groups of sex offenders with intellectual disability. Method: Two studies are reported each from a different region and each conducted by different…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Mental Retardation, Measures (Individuals)
Finkelhor, David – 1978
Survey information shows that sexual abuse of children is widespread, being reported by 19% of the females and 9% of the males in the sample. Most sexual victimization took place within the child's family, not with strangers, as "child molesters" have traditionally been stereotyped. While the problem cuts across social and economic lines, it seems…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Family Problems
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Becker, Judith V.; And Others – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Outlines the current means of assessing various social skills and applying skills training treatments to sexual aggressives. A major finding was that treatment in one skills area does not generalize into other skills areas; that is, each skills deficit must be resolved by individual treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Criminals
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