Policing and prosecuting sexual assault : inside the criminal justice system /
Why do few sexual assault claims lead to criminal convictions? Drawing on case files, as well as interviews with detectives and prosecutors, this is a study of the eventual results of sex crimes reported to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
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Boulder :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Sexual assault and the criminal justice system
- Policies and practices
- Detective and prosecutor perspectives
- Case attrition and case outcomes
- False reports
- The overuse and misuse of the exceptional clearance
- Intimate partner sexual assault
- Taking sexual assault seriously
- References