Assignment
An ongoing project with the Dutch Police Academy is conducting research to understand why men who have experiences sexual violence choose to report or not to the police. Due the operational requirements of police officers to follow up on reports of (ongoing) sexual assault, there is a need for a non-police interviewer to conduct interviews with participants. You will thereby act as interviewer for this research project, and provide some additional support including helping with preparing data, and preliminary analyses. The goal of the internship is likely to involve developing materials that explain the outcomes of the research for the supporting organisation which specialises in supporting victims of sexual violence.
There will also most likely be an opportunity to build from this initial work in an MSc thesis.
KEYWORDS
Sexual violence; male victims; crime reporting; intimate partner violence
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
The section Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety at the University of Twente has a distinctive and unique profile in the areas of risk perception and risk communication, conflict and crisis management and the antecedents of risky, antisocial and criminal behaviour. It currently includes 15 research staff members and 6 PhD students. We work from both a psychology and an engineering perspective and cooperate with other scientific disciplines, based on the “high tech, human touch” profile of the University of Twente.
AVAILABILITY
Available in block 2B. This internship is open for 1 student.
This internship will most likely require engagement with participants that only speak Dutch, and so speaking Dutch will be an advantage.
INTERESTED?
Please contact the PCRS internship coordinator Miriam Oostinga (m.s.d.oostinga@utwente.nl).
LITERATURE
- Mulder, J., Teunissen, T. A. M., Pranger, E. S., Hiddink-Til, A., & Lagro-Janssen, A. L. M. (2021). Reporting after sexual violence: The influence of victim, assault and perpetrator characteristics. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 79, 102076. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102076
- Weiss, K. G. (2010). Male Sexual Victimization:Examining Men’s Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault. Men and Masculinities, 12(3), 275-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184x08322632
- Donne, M. D., DeLuca, J., Pleskach, P., Bromson, C., Mosley, M. P., Perez, E. T., Mathews, S. G., Stephenson, R., & Frye, V. (2018). Barriers to and Facilitators of Help-Seeking Behavior Among Men Who Experience Sexual Violence. American Journal of Men's Health, 12(2), 189-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988317740665
- Bertling, L., Mack, A., Vonk, H., Timmermans, M. (2017). Slachtoffers van zedenmisdrijven: Een verkenning van de overwegingen voor contact met politie en/of hulpverlening. Regioplan Beleidsonderzoek. Link: https://repository.wodc.nl/bitstream/handle/20.500.12832/2277/2712_Volledige_Tekst_tcm28-273201.pdf