Laboratory analog studies investigated the theory that narcissism and reactance contribute to causing rape. In Study 1, narcissism correlated positively with rape-supportive beliefs and negatively with empathy for rape victims. In Study 2, narcissists reported more enjoyment than other men of film depictions that presented consensual, affectionate activity followed by rape (but not in response ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency of police reporting among rape victims based on two hypotheses: (1) victims of rape more often report poor health than those who have not been victims of any abuse, and (2) victims who report abuse to the police are more likely to state poor self-reported health than those who do not report any abuse. DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire study. SETTING Th...

To the Editor: Figures for the period 2008/2009 indicate a 10% rise in the number of reported sexual offences compared with figures for 2007/2008.1 The increase may be partly attributable to the recent version of the act regulating sexual offences: the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, Act 32 of 2007 (Act). In this Act, the definition of rape has been broadened t...

Winter oilseed rape (WOSR) is Europe’s prime crop and grown for biofuel edible oil production. To investigate the effects of climate change on yield winter rape, two models (HERMES HUME-OSR) were used. This study investigated sensitivity model parameters (as a proxy plant traits) under change. For both models, global analysis was performed current temperatures, an increase 2 4 °C, in combinatio...

This research examined how contact with the legal, medical, and mental health systems affects rape survivors' psychological well-being. Although community services may be beneficial for some victims, there is increasing evidence that they can add trauma, rather than alleviate distress (termed secondary victimization). This study examined how secondary victimization affects rape survivors' postt...

Although research on acquaintance, or date rape, dates back to the late 1950's, only recently has the literature in this area focused on prevention. In Fidition, although research has shown that, conservatively, 1 out of 10 women on university campuses has been raped by someone with whom she is familiar, little appears to have been done about the problem in terms of widespread, well-funded prev...

Findings and conclusions of the research reported here are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Many thanks to Mary Koss, who presented this paper at the conference because the author's mother's emergency surgery caused her to cancel her travel plans at the last minute. In the early 1980s, estimates of rape against women w...

in order to evaluate of pea, bean, lentil, wheat, rape and barley sensitivity to foramsulforun, rimsulforun and nicosulforun herbicides soil residue, a pot experiment was conducted at ferdowsi university of mashhad. experimental type was completely randomized design in factorial arrangement with three replications. treatments included herbicides (rimsulforun, foramsulforun and nicosulforun), he...

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...

Services provided to rape victims by human service professionals are usually helpful but are occasionally very harmful in that the victim ends up feeling 're-victimized'. This may be caused by the attitudes of the professionals towards the victims based on beliefs regarding rape and gender roles. Japanese human service professionals were solicited for responses to the Rape Myth Scale (RMS) and ...