Advisor(s)
Heith Copes
Committee Member(s)
Wendy Gunther-Canada
John J Sloan III
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2008
Abstract
This study was conducted to test consumption of pornographic material, specifi-cally Playboy, increases the likelihood of rape at the county level. To do this, a cross-sectional design was used to examine this relationship in 3,133 counties in the United States. Overall, the findings suggest that when households headed by females with child-ren, persons 15 and older who are divorced, percent of the population with a high school education or higher, percent of the population who are unemployed, percent of the popu-lation living in urban areas, percent of the population ages 18 to 24, percent of the popu-lation that are black, and ratio of males per 100 females are present in counties, rape rates tend to be higher. However, these findings do not suggest pornography consumption has a significant effect on rape rates.
Recommended Citation
Blalock, Jamie Lee, "The Relationship Between Pornography And Rape Rates: Does The Distribution Of Pornography Increase The Incidence Of Rape?" (2008). All ETDs from UAB. 3557.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/3557
