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Horeck , T. (2000). “They did worse than nothing”: Rape and      Spectatorship in The Accused. Canadian Review of American Studies, 30(1), .

This article is an analysis of a very moving film about a woman who was gang raped in a public bar. It is a triggering article describing how the spectators regarded the attack as either entertainment or none of their business. The title The Accused brings to light the question of whether the victim or the criminal is being accused of a crime. Find the full text article here.
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Pauwels, B. (2002). Blaming the victim of rape: The culpable control
model perspective. Dissertation-Abstracts-International:-Section-B:-The-
Sciences-and-Engineering, 63(5-B), .

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This is a scholarly article examing why we blame the victim rather than the perpetrator of rape. 

"Three vignette-based studies are presented that represent the
first attempt to examine rape victim blame within the context of an
explicit, comprehensive theory of blame. Study 1 examined the
hypothesis that evaluative information about a victim of rape would
have a greater effect upon victim blaming when the victim's personal
control over the rape was portrayed as somewhat elevated, rather than unambiguously low."

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Lipstyle, R. (1998). A step in the healing process: Rape victim forms the national coalition against violent athletes. New York Times, 5108(C22), .

"Kathy Redmond, now 24, starts National Coalition Against Violent Athletes after being raped at the University of Nebraska two weeks into her freshman year. Ms. Redmond's rape by Christian Peter, now playing for the Giants, was not reported until two years after the assault. Ms. Redmond hurried efforts to gain attention for the coalition once hearing of an friend's suicide by another Giant's football player. The coalition is in its infant stage, but the book, "Public Heroes, Private Felons" published by a renowed researcher Jeffrey R. Benedict, an expert in the field of violent athletes, states that over the last three years there has been an average of 100 criminal complaints of physical or sexual abuse against women by athletes..."

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Dunn, P., Vail-Smith, K., & Knight, S. (1999). What date/acquaintance rape victims tell others: A study of college student recipients of disclosure. Journal of American College Health, Mar;(5), 213-219.

"Presents information on a study concerning the response of college students to disclosure of date/acquaintance rape victims. Relationship of the victim to the person to whom the rape was disclosed; Results of open-ended questions; Responses to disclosure."

"Date and acquaintance rape appears to be a significant problem in American society in general and accounts for approximately 80% of all rapes on college campuses; in every college classroom with 50 female students, 6 to 7 women have been victims of date or acquaintance rape within the past year.(n1) Access to "good support from the people in her life is extremely important to the rape survivor,"(n2)(p106) according to Mufson and Kranz, particularly because a lack of support may impede successful recovery from the trauma of rape. Although rape is a traumatic, destructive, life-altering experience, some researchers suggest that a significant proportion of victims do not tell anyone about being assaulted when it happens, particularly if they have experienced date or acquaintance rape, and a majority of rape victims seek no follow-up counseling.(n3) "

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Hanson, R. (2002 ). Adolescent dating violence: Prevalence and psychological outcomes. Child Abuse Negl, 26 (5), 449-453.

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"In support of the authors' hypotheses, findings from this study indicated that dating violence was associated with significantly higher rates of eating disordered behaviors (e.g., binge-eating, fasting, skipping meals, taking diet pills, vomiting, taking laxatives), lower self-esteem, higher rates of suicide attempts, and lower levels of emotional well-being. "

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Bales , J. (2000). Is the Silence Broken?30 years after rape crisis centers, women are being heard.. WebMD Features , 3/27/00, .

This article addresses the issue of poor treatment of rape victims by medical staff. Part of the article discusses the advanced facilities at Duke University in the triangle area.
“This past fall, when Duke's specially designed center opened, it joined an evolving nationwide trend toward gentler, specialized, more effective treatment in the aftermath of assault. The facility, like others across the country, has been consciously designed as a safe, calm setting, where patients who've undergone sexual trauma can be offered more than emergency medical treatment. “
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Bales , J. (2000). Myths That Put Women at Risk. WebMD Features , 3/27/00, .

This article addresses stereotypes about sexual assault and common misconceptions.
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/13/1674_50397.htm

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Heppner, M., Good, Glenn E (Jul/Aug95). Examining sex differences in altering attitudes about rape: A. Journal of Counseling & Development, Vol. 73 , p640.

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This article is about rape and public opinion from a psychological view point. It examines the changing attitudes about rape in both men and women.

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