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Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault : Inside the Criminal Justice System / Katharine Tellis, Cassia Spohn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626374133
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.73/0253 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6556 .S66 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sexual Assault and the Criminal Justice System -- 2. Policies and Practices -- 3. Detective and Prosecutor Perspectives -- 4. Case Attrition and Case Outcomes -- 5. False Reports -- 6. The Overuse and Misuse of Exceptional Clearance -- 7. Intimate Partner Sexual Assault -- 8. Taking Sexual Assault Seriously -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis assess the criminal justice system's response to sexual assault, exploring the complex dynamics that shape the actions of police and prosecutors. The authors draw on unparalleled access to Los Angeles detectives, prosecutors, and case files to make sense of the factors that affect the outcomes of sexual assault claims. Following cases from victim report, to police investigation, to the decision to charge—or not to charge—they provide new insights into why shockingly few sexual assault claims lead to an eventual criminal conviction.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781626374133

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sexual Assault and the Criminal Justice System -- 2. Policies and Practices -- 3. Detective and Prosecutor Perspectives -- 4. Case Attrition and Case Outcomes -- 5. False Reports -- 6. The Overuse and Misuse of Exceptional Clearance -- 7. Intimate Partner Sexual Assault -- 8. Taking Sexual Assault Seriously -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis assess the criminal justice system's response to sexual assault, exploring the complex dynamics that shape the actions of police and prosecutors. The authors draw on unparalleled access to Los Angeles detectives, prosecutors, and case files to make sense of the factors that affect the outcomes of sexual assault claims. Following cases from victim report, to police investigation, to the decision to charge—or not to charge—they provide new insights into why shockingly few sexual assault claims lead to an eventual criminal conviction.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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