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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
Calhoun, Lawrence G. – 1980
Physicians and rape crisis counselors may play important roles in assisting a rape victim; their beliefs and perceptions about rape may influence their treatment of the victim. Physicians (N=10) and volunteer rape counselors (N=44) completed questionnaires focused on demographic characteristics, their experiences with rape victims, and personal…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Attribution Theory, Bias, Comparative Analysis
Calhoun, Lawrence G.; And Others – 1977
The effects of the victim's emotional style on social reactions to the rape victim are examined. Of specific interest were perceptions of victim credibility, degree to which she would later be socially accepted and the degree to which the observers believed the victim found the rape unpleasant. Subjects (N=55) viewed two videotapes depicting a…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Emotional Response, Females, Rape
Byers, E. Sandra; And Others – 1977
The incidence of sexual assault among 800 randomly selected university women is examined. Four degrees of sexual assault are defined: forceable intercourse, forceable attempted intercourse, forceable petting, and forceable necking. The incidence of sexual assault, the antecedent conditions to the assault, and the type of victim-offender…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Environmental Influences, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
Hicks, Lou E. – 1976
Rape crisis counseling at the New Orleans Y.W.C.A. is provided on a 24 hour basis by a staff of two professionals and 30 volunteers who counsel persons calling the rape crisis line. The caller's confidentiality is strictly maintained. In approximately 36% of the calls which involve crimes not reported to the police, callers are encouraged but…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Crisis Intervention, Guidance Centers, Program Descriptions
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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
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Tetreault, Patricia A.; Barnett, Mark A. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1987
Investigated reactions to a woman who presumably had been raped by a stranger or an acquaintance. Undergraduates read one of two rape descriptions prior to watching a videotape of the woman who (they were led to believe) had been the victim of the rape. Females and males showed markedly different reactions to stranger and acquaintance rape and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Rape
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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Abarbanel, Gail – Social Work, 1976
Despite the frequency of the crime, victims of rape frequently prefer to remain silent and fail to take advantage of the services their communities may offer. In describing an effective rape-treatment program, the author suggests ways to overcome this reluctance. (Author)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Females, Helping Relationship, Information Dissemination
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Freiberg, Patricia; Bridwell, Margaret W. – Counseling Psychologist, 1976
From the analytic grief framework one can formulate a philosophy related to counseling the rape victim or the woman facing unwanted pregnancy. This article describes such a philosophical orientation and the counseling interventions which emerge from it. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling, Females, Intervention
Snyder, Howard N. – 2000
This bulletin presents a summary and analysis of national and state juvenile arrest data for 1999. Data come from the FBI's annual "Crime in the United States" report, which offers the estimated number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies. The 1999 murder rate was the lowest since 1966. Of the nearly 1,800 juveniles murdered in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Delinquency, Homicide
Fisher, Bonnie S.; Cullen, Francis T.; Turner, Michael G. – 2000
The National College Women Sexual Victimization (NCVS) study attempted to build on and surmount the limitations of existing research on the sexual victimization of college students. In addition to the study of sexual victimization, the study investigated how rape estimates that use the two-stage process of behaviorally specific questions and…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Rape
Norsworthy, Kathryn L. – 2002
An analysis of structural and institutional violence against women in three cultures in Southeast Asia, Thailand, Cambodia, and among refugees of Burma, was generated by groups of women and men from these countries. Group members also discussed strategies for transforming systems supporting gender-based violence into structures of peace and…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Langford, Linda – Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2004
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) are often regarded as sanctuaries, protected environments where young people explore great ideas in a collegial atmosphere and make lifelong friendships. Consequently, incidents of violence on campus are particularly shocking for the extended campus community, evoking questions about whether there is any…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Safety, Rape
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