Culpabilización a las víctimas de delitos: alcance y factores asociados

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https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2020.78.1.18.110

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Actitudes, Experiencias de victimización, Perspectiva de género, Víctimas

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Actualmente, son escasos los estudios que han analizado las actitudes hacia las víctimas de delitos, especialmente en España. Con el propósito de contribuir a este ámbito, el presente trabajo analiza las principales atribuciones causales sobre la victimización y examina la influencia de las experiencias de victimización y el sexo de los encuestados en la tendencia a culpabilizar a las víctimas. Para ello se contó con una muestra compuesta por 2.112 estudiantes universitarios (63,6 % mujeres y 36,4 % hombres). Los datos fueron recogidos mediante una encuesta online durante el periodo comprendido entre el 7 y el 20 de noviembre de 2017. Los resultados mostraron que los hombres culpabilizaron más a las víctimas que las mujeres. Además, controlando el efecto del sexo, se halló que los encuestados que habían sido victimizados culpabilizaron menos a las víctimas que aquellos que indicaron no haber sido víctimas. Se discuten los resultados y sus implicaciones.

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2020-03-30

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León, C. M., & Aizpurúa, E. (2020). Culpabilización a las víctimas de delitos: alcance y factores asociados. Revista Internacional De Sociología, 78(1), e148. https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2020.78.1.18.110

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