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Psychic freezing to lethal malevolent authority
Serbulent Turan, Donald DuttonSeveral historical examples are given that indicate that people taken prisoner appear to psychically freeze and/or become compliant to their captors, even when death at the…
The use of actuarial risk assessment measures with UK internet child pornography offenders
Jody Osborn, Ian Elliott, David Middleton, Anthony BeechThe present study investigates the use of two actuarial assessment measures ‐ Risk Matrix 2000 (Thornton et al, 2003) and Static 99 (Hanson & Thornton, 2000) ‐ with individuals…
Perpetrator coercion, victim resistance and respondent gender: their impact on blame attributions in a hypothetical child sexual abuse case
Paul Rogers, Michelle Davies, Lisa CottamThis study investigates the impact that perpetrator coercion type, victim resistance type and respondent gender have on attributions of blame in a hypothetical child sexual abuse…
Intimate terrorism by women towards men: does it exist?
Denise Hines, Emily DouglasResearch showing that women commit high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) against men has been controversial because IPV is typically framed as caused by the patriarchal…
Assaulting our rights: how domestic violence laws curtail our fundamental freedoms
The Violence Against Women Act was enacted in the United States in 1994. Fifteen years later, it has become apparent that the law has given rise to numerous violations of…
ISSN:
1759-6599Online date, start – end:
2009Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Associate Prof Philip Birch