Clay-Warner Jody, Burt Callie Harbin
University of Georgia.
Violence Against Women. 2005 Feb;11(2):150-76. doi: 10.1177/1077801204271566.
Using data from the National Violence Against Women Survey, the authors examine whether rapes committed after reforms were more likely to be reported to police than those committed before reforms. The authors also consider whether the gap between the reporting of simple versus aggravated rape has narrowed. They find that rapes committed after 1990 were more likely to be reported than rapes occurring before 1974. Aggravated rape continues to be more likely to be reported than simple rape, however, and this effect is stable over time. The authors conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for evaluating the success of rape reform statutes.
作者利用来自全国妇女遭受暴力调查的数据，研究改革后发生的强奸案是否比改革前发生的强奸案更有可能向警方报案。作者还考虑了简单强奸案和严重强奸案报案率之间的差距是否已经缩小。他们发现，1990年以后发生的强奸案比1974年以前发生的强奸案更有可能被报案。然而，严重强奸案仍然比简单强奸案更有可能被报案，而且这种影响随着时间的推移是稳定的。作者最后讨论了这些发现对评估强奸改革法规成功与否的意义。
