SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Associate Degree, Rape Kit, Social Control Theory
30 Nov 2015
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Wanted to determine if police attitudes had changed since the research done in the 1980"s. Questionnaires with 7 police departments and 4 sheriff"s departments in us. Gender: 80% male, 17% female, 3% unknown. Race: 64% white, 24% african american, the rest other/not known. Education: 8% high school diploma, 41% some college but no degree, 15% associate"s degree (like our college diploma), 1/3 had ba, 3% master degree. Age: mean age 37 years (range 22-67) On the whole, the majority of of cers agreed with the statement any woman can be raped . That has changed in terms of looking at rape differently. 66% agreed that any man could be raped . 65% did not place blame on the victim. Asked would you believe a victim whom . Most likely to believe someone they know (87% said they would believe them) 74% said they would believe a virgin. 75% claimed they would believe a professional woman.
