An examination of the disparity between self-identified versus legally identified rape victimization: A pilot study.

Objective: Researchers compared rape victimization based on self-identification to the current federal legal definition in a pilot study of college students.

Methods: The sample was comprised of 1,648 (69.8% female; 30.

The prevalence of stalking among college students: the disparity between researcher- and self-identified victimization.

Objective: Researchers examined the prevalence of self-identified and researcher-identified stalking victimization among college students.

Participants And Methods: A representative sample of 1,573 (70.1% female; 29.

The perception of elder sexual abuse in the courtroom.

This study explored mock juror perceptions of elder sexual mistreatment (ESM). In Experiment 1, 118 participants read a fictional criminal trial summary of an ESM case in which a 76-year-old woman was allegedly abused by either her son or a neighbor. In Experiment 2 (n = 360), the ESM occurred in either a nursing home or the elder's home and the alleged perpetrator was either her son or a nursing home worker.

Perceptions of elder physical abuse in the courtroom: the influence of hearsay witness testimony.

A community sample of 226 participants (41% men, 59% women) who answered questions about a trial summary that manipulated what type of witness (a 45-year-old hearsay [second-hand information based on the report of a crime victim] witness, a 75-year-old hearsay witness, or the 75-year-old victim) presented an allegation of elder physical abuse. Overall, participants who read the testimony of a 45-year-old hearsay witness had higher conviction rates than participants who read the testimony of the 75-year-old hearsay witness or the elder victim. Additionally, participants who had previously been victims of abuse and/or who had positive attitudes toward elderly people rendered more pro-prosecution verdicts.

Children's susceptibility to misidentifying a familiar bystander from a lineup: When younger is better.

Children from 5 to 12 years of age (N = 779) were shown a videotape where a preschool teacher has money stolen from her wallet. Children were shown a lineup, and for children in the bystander condition, the lineup contained a familiar bystander without the thief. Children in the control condition viewed the same lineup but they had not seen the bystander in the videotape.

The effect of gender in the perception of elder physical abuse in court.

Two experiments investigated mock jurors' perceptions of elder abuse (EA) in a physical assault case. In Experiment 1, participants read a fictional criminal trial summary of a physical assault case in which the alleged victim was 66, 76, or 86 years old. In Experiment 2, the age of the alleged victim was 76 years old, but the gender of the alleged victim and the gender of the defendant were crossed.

Big girls don't cry: the effect of child witness demeanor on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse trial.

Objective: This study investigated the effect of child witness demeanor (defined as crying) on mock jurors' decisions in a simulated First-Degree rape trial.

Method: One hundred and thirty-three undergraduates serving in the role of mock jurors read a trial summary in which the primary independent variable was the demeanor of the alleged child victim (i.e.