The Sexually Assaulted Female [microform] : Innocent Victim or Temptress? / Sheldon H. Geller
- Bib ID:
- 5343697
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Geller, Sheldon H
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 4 p.
- Summary:
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The Toronto Transit Commission employees were on strike for 23 days, producing a total shut-down of all public transportation and a resulting increase in the number of hitch-hiking females. The strike provided a novel and unique opportunity to empirically examine two theories of sexual assault and to evaluate the effects of hitch-hiking upon sexual offences. During the strike the number of sexual offences against hitch-hiking females increased nine times and accounted for 12.86% of all sexual offences as compared to 1.59% during the Pre-Strike periods. The total number of sexual offences was unaffected by the strike. The results disconfirm the theory that sexual offences are victim-provoked, and support the theory that the female victim is not responsible for the offense. Five preventative measures were proposed to reduce the incidence and severity of sexual offences. (Author)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Sheldon H. Geller, Employee Health Services Branch, Macdonald Block, Room M1-73, Parliament Bldg., Toronto, Canada, M7A 2C1.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (Quebec City, Quebec, June 20, 1975).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1977
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