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A Cross-National Examination of the Relationship between Gender Equality and Official Rape Rates

Roy L. Austin

Sociology and Justice Penn State University, 902 Oswald Tower, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA

Young S. Kim

Crime, Law and Justice Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802 USA

Researchers often base their studies of the relationship between gender equality and rape on the claims of feminists. But feminists propose both a negative and positive relationship between these variables. This article summarizes theoretical differences between groups of feminists and uses gender equality indicators especially consistent with liberal feminists’ goals to examine the relationship in question with cross-national data. A positive relationship was found, not a negative one as the limited equality goals of liberal feminists lead one to expect. Also, similar to several previous studies, homicide and rape rates are positively associated as suggested by the subculture of violence thesis.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 2, 204-221 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00442006
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