The Impact of Perpetrator Gender on Male and Female Police Officers' Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse

摘要: Research in America, Canada and England indicates that professionals involved the investigation of child sexual abuse cases have differing perceptions seriousness, punishment impact on child, based professional's gender perpetrator's gender. The aim this study was to investigate if such effects are prevalent Australian child-abuse investigators, specifically police. To assess this, 361 police officers responded a self-report questionnaire relating vignette describing abuse. questions examined officer's perception seriousness incident, action they would take perceived child. described perpetrator as either male or female, with 172 responding female 189 vignette. results indicated that, unlike overseas research findings area, officers' did not in...