Does perpetrator gender influence attitudes towards intimate partner violence (IPV)? Examining the relationship between male-perpetrated and female-perpetrated …

E Conroy, D Willmott, A Murphy… - Mental Health and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Understanding of the role that attitudes and beliefs may play on the judgments
people make about intimate partner violence (IPV) is becoming increasingly important …

Juror characteristics on trial: Investigating how psychopathic traits, rape attitudes, victimization experiences, and juror demographics influence decision-making in an …

C Lilley, D Willmott, D Mojtahedi - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Trial by jury is a longstanding legal tradition used in common law jurisdictions to
try the most serious of criminal cases. Yet, despite hearing the same trial evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Male rape myths: Examining the role of victim empathy and socio-demographics in a cross-sectional sample of UK adults

D Willmott, BK Widanaralalage - International journal of law, crime and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Whilst much is known about the psychosocial correlates of rape myth beliefs regarding
female victims, much less research has investigated factors that underlie male rape myth …

The Impact of Rape Myth Education on Jury Decision-Making: A Systematic Review

LF Hudspith, N Wager, D Willmott… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A systematic review of research exploring the impact of providing rape myth countering
information to mock-jurors was conducted. The primary aim of the review was to inform the …

Examining the immediate and enduring psychological impact of street harassment on women's mental health

G Thornton, D Willmott, E Richardson… - Mental Health and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Many women report experiences of street harassment during their lifetime.
Previous quantitative survey research has shown the variety of ways in which this type of …

Child abuse and neglect and associated mental health outcomes: a large, population-based survey among children and adolescents from Jamaica and Uganda

A Debowska, D Boduszek, C Fray-Aiken… - Mental Health and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Few studies assess how child abuse and neglect (CAN) affects adolescents' mental
health. Further, the majority of studies conducted to date discount the individual CAN items …

Do psychopathic traits, sexual victimisation experiences and emotional intelligence predict attitudes towards rape? Examining the psychosocial correlates of rape …

A Ioannides, D Willmott - Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2023 - journals.pan.pl
Vast research has sought to better understand the origins and development of rape myth
beliefs given the problematic influence of such misconceptions throughout global societies …

Exposure to information about sexual crimes and its relationship to perceptions of social threats and belief in a just world

T Grzyb, D Dolinski, P Muniak… - Journal of Criminal …, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the two online experimental studies was to examine how
information about threats related to sexual crimes influences personal beliefs regarding …

Investigating the role of psychopathic personality traits, gender and ethnicity in rape myth acceptance

D Willmott, A Rafique, BK Widanaralalage… - … , Psychology and Law, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Research has found widespread endorsement of rape mythology, with several psychosocial
variables underpinning beliefs in rape myths, including psychopathic personality traits …

Examining the mental health consequences of childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner sexual violence in China: a brief review

EM Li, D Willmott, N Trivedi-Bateman - Mental Health and Social …, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose Sexual violence has a profound impact on victim-survivors across the world, and
these consequences extend beyond cultural boundaries. While the mental health …