Why do jurors blame the victim? Just like anyone else, jurors use coping mechanisms when they hear about an injustice; the difference is that when they do so, it can affect the outcome of your case.Brogdon, Quentin
This study investigated the impact of self-construal levels on people’s tendency to blame innocent victims for the victims’ fates. The authors hypothesized thatwhen the belief in a just world is threatened, social self-construal is associated with more victim blaming than individual self-construal...
I believe neither is acceptable. We must change the way we think: living well does not need to mean having more private spaces; instead, it could mean having more public spaces. A better goal than building bigger houses...
National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is a UK-wide violence prevention and victim support charity that provides a mechanism for sex workers to share safety information and obtain support for harms that they may experience during the course of their work. Over the past several years, NUM has witnessed a de...
This research investigated the perceptions that individuals form about 'revenge porn' victims, aiming to gain more understanding from a victimisation perspective as a first step towards improving victim outcomes. One hundred and twenty-two individuals were presented with a scenario depicting a leaked ...
and a deep-seated dread of being abandoned in future intimate relationships (Charny & Parnass,1995; Seyed Aghamiri,2023a,2023b; Weiss,2019). Compared to other types of trauma, BT has a distinct effect on the brain, especially when the victim is dependent on the perpetrator (Courtois & Ford...
Don't say, I'm sorry that "x" hurt you. You're only going halfway, which may be more frustrating than silence as it might suggest that you think the victim bears responsibility for feeling hurt. Don't explain why you did what you did as this can sound defensive and focuses ...
I was the alpha, but in a gentle, respectful, non-confrontational way. And it worked, most of the time. There’s a lot to learn from dogs. I want to be angry with little Betty, and I don’t want to victim-blame, but she was protecting herself rather than instigating bother, ...
The most common themes were fear, money, shame, isolation, love and family. While many people in our society tend to place the blame on the victim, wondering why she couldn't have just left the situation, this article is an inside story as to why many many women cannot do so. This ...
This injustice raises other important issues regarding sexual norms, such as whether sex between women who do not have penises is seen as ‘real’ sex in the eyes of the law and society, given that it does not involve a penis. There are also important issues related to the rape of and ...