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dc.contributor.authorPorter, Louise E
dc.contributor.authorAlison, Laurence J
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T22:38:16Z
dc.date.available2019-07-15T22:38:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1355-2600
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552600.2019.1617903
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/386423
dc.description.abstractThis paper replicates and extends Porter and Alison’s (2001. A partially ordered scale of influence in violent group behavior: An example from gang rape. Small Group Research, 32(4), 475–497) method of leader identification in Multiple Perpetrator Rape (MPR). The study examined 216 MPR offences (totalling 712 different offenders), collected from archival sources (predominantly law reports). Porter and Alison’s original coding scheme was refined and Multidimensional Scaling identified a partially ordered scale of influence based upon the decisions, actions and orders made by the offenders at each chronological offence stage. The updated scale identified leaders in 97% of the sample groups. The hierarchical structures of the groups were also examined through the distribution of influence among co-offenders. While the majority (68%) of cases exhibited a dichotomous leader/follower structure, some “followers” also exhibited influence tactics to varying degrees with the presence of “lieutenants” and linear hierarchies. The findings are discussed in relation to group dynamics as well as the reliability and validity of the influence scale.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto18
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sexual Aggression
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleParticipative leadership and hierarchical structures in multiple perpetrator rape: replicating and extending a scale of influence among offenders
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPorter, Louise E.


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