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Sexual Assault Cases in the Legal System: Police, Prosecutor, and Victim Perspectives

Sexual Assault Cases in the Legal System: Police, Prosecutor, and Victim Perspectives The purposes of this study were to assess (a) the extent of attrition in the processing of sexual assault cases in the legal system, (b) factors associated with attrition at various stages in the process, and (c) victims’ experiences in the legal system and the relations between these experiences and recovery. Our results suggest that substantial attrition continues to occur in the prosecution of rape cases, that more severe assaults are prosecuted more vigorously, that victims are generally satisfied with the police (but not with the legal system in general), and that neither attitudes nor case outcomes are associated with victims’ postrape recovery. Research and policy implications are discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

Sexual Assault Cases in the Legal System: Police, Prosecutor, and Victim Perspectives

Law and Human Behavior , Volume 20 (6): 22 – Dec 1, 1996

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1007/BF01499234
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Abstract

The purposes of this study were to assess (a) the extent of attrition in the processing of sexual assault cases in the legal system, (b) factors associated with attrition at various stages in the process, and (c) victims’ experiences in the legal system and the relations between these experiences and recovery. Our results suggest that substantial attrition continues to occur in the prosecution of rape cases, that more severe assaults are prosecuted more vigorously, that victims are generally satisfied with the police (but not with the legal system in general), and that neither attitudes nor case outcomes are associated with victims’ postrape recovery. Research and policy implications are discussed.

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Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Dec 1, 1996

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