Perceptions of Bias-Motivated Assault Against Bisexual Individuals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12759348
AutoresKaryn M Plumm (University of North Dakota, autor de correspondencia), Sarah Potter (0000-0002-6808-180X, University of North Dakota), Cheryl Terrance (University of North Dakota)
Año2015
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas248-267
Fecha de publicación2015-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15299716.2015.1022275
OpenAlexW2196982736
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas40

This study investigated the understanding of a criminal act (i.e., assault) as a hate crime as well as the perceptions of the victim and defendant in such scenarios based on perceived bisexual orientation of the victim for participants who either reported being an advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community or not. In the presented scenario gender of the victim and defendant were held constant (male/male vs. female/female) and sexual orientation of the defendant was varied in each condition (gay or lesbian vs. heterosexual) as was the stated orientation of the victim (gay or lesbian vs. bisexual vs. heterosexual). Results indicated significant differences for belief that the crime was a hate crime, beliefs that the defendant's actions were not the results of the victim's sexual orientation, credibility of the victim, and victim and defendant blame

Blame · Credibility · Criminology · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Sexual orientation · Suicide prevention · Transgender · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology