NCJ Number
88120
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Dated: (1982) Pages: 242-249
Date Published
1982
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Black and white college students responding to a survey on attitudes toward sexual deviance differed somewhat in racial attitudes but generally objected most to victimization and exploitation of women and children.
Abstract
The 227 whites came from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and the 248 black respondents were from Jackson State University in Mississippi. The research method involved a computerized, Thurston-like, matched paired comparison technique. The only two consistent rankings resulting from the survey were child molestation, considered the most serious form of sexual deviance, and forcible rape, ranked second in seriousness. All other rankings varied according to either race or sex. Generally, attitudes toward sexual deviance and its tolerance seem to be more a function of the larger social environment and does not seem to be significantly related to media messages 'for' or 'against' any specific sexual behavior. Religion apparently serves to facilitate, not initiate, existing sex-related attitudes. Data tables and 15 references are supplied.