Factors Related to Rape Victims’ Decision to File Police Reports

IF 0.6 4区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Isabella Arponen, Julia Korkman, J. Antfolk, R. Korjamo
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Abstract

Victims of rape must decide whether to file a police report, and many victims decide not to report the rape to the police. The literature on the associations between demographic and individual factors and reporting rape to the police is limited. Here, we investigated the associations between demographic and individual factors (education, socioeconomic status, age, native country, years lived in Finland, gender, sexual orientation, relationship status, close persons, substance use, and mental disorder) and police reporting in a Finnish sample of rape victims (N = 191) from the Helsinki Seri Support Center. We collected data through an online survey. We found that victims with a university degree were less likely to report than those with a vocational qualification. None of the other factors measured were robustly associated with reporting. It is possible that the Seri Support Center successfully mitigates otherwise encountered obstacles to reporting. The present study was the first to investigate this topic in Finland. The practical implications of these findings are discussed, and the value of support services highlighted.
强奸受害者决定向警方报案的相关因素
强奸受害者必须决定是否向警方报案,许多受害者决定不向警方报案。关于人口和个人因素与向警方报告强奸之间的联系的文献有限。在这里,我们在赫尔辛基Seri支持中心的芬兰强奸受害者样本(N=191)中调查了人口统计学和个人因素(教育、社会经济地位、年龄、原籍国、在芬兰生活的年限、性别、性取向、关系状况、亲密关系人、药物使用和精神障碍)与警方报告之间的关系。我们通过在线调查收集了数据。我们发现,具有大学学历的受害者比具有职业资格的受害者报告的可能性更小。所测量的其他因素均未与报告密切相关。Seri支持中心有可能成功地缓解了在其他方面遇到的报告障碍。本研究是芬兰首次对这一主题进行调查。讨论了这些调查结果的实际影响,并强调了支助服务的价值。
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Nordic Psychology
Nordic Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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