School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ 85069, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2012 Feb;18(2):169-92. doi: 10.1177/1077801212440020.
The legal reforms of the 1960s and 1970s notwithstanding, sexual assault is a crime characterized by underreporting and case attrition. In this article, the authors synthesize research examining the criminal justice system's response to sexual assault. The authors begin by examining research on the victim's decision to report the crime to the police. This is followed by a discussion of the findings of sexual assault case processing research, with a focus on the criminal justice system's response to aggravated and simple rape and to intimate partner sexual violence. The authors end the article with a discussion of questions that research has yet to adequately answer.
尽管 20 世纪 60 年代和 70 年代进行了法律改革,但性侵犯仍然是一种报案率低、案件流失率高的犯罪。本文作者综合研究了刑事司法系统对性侵犯的反应。作者首先研究了受害者向警方报案的决定。接下来,作者讨论了性侵犯案件处理研究的结果,重点是刑事司法系统对严重和简单强奸以及亲密伴侣性暴力的反应。最后,作者讨论了研究尚未充分回答的问题。