Download or read book Predictors of Blame Attribution to Victims of Sexual Assault and Other Crimes written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research has indicated that many factors, including just world beliefs, rape myth acceptance, gender role norms, and sexism can increase victim-blaming toward sexual assault victims. However, these factors have not been studied together to predict victim-blaming. Additionally, past studies have shown discrepancies in victim-blaming based on the gender of the victim and the crime that is committed, though the research is inconclusive about the direction of the discrepancies. Our study assessed victim-blame towards victims of different genders and different crimes, just world beliefs, rape myth acceptance, gender role norms, and sexism to identify predictors of victim-blame. Rape myth acceptance, gender role norms, and sexism were predictive of victim-blame; just world beliefs were not. Additionally, victim-blame had an inverse relationship with perpetrator punishment. Crime and gender discrepancies are discussed. These constructs may impact sexual assault victims both personally and in the legal system and are worthy of further study.