Carbone-Lopez Kristin, Slocum Lee Ann, Kruttschnitt Candace
University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2016 Mar;22(3):366-96. doi: 10.1177/1077801215602345. Epub 2015 Sep 8.
Sexual assault remains one of the most underreported violent crimes. When victims report, they often are dissatisfied with the police response. The factors influencing one's decision to invoke the law have been widely examined. However, less research examines (a) how the victim's criminality affects this decision and (b) women offenders' characterization of their reporting decisions. We use mixed methods to explore the factors related to an offender's decision to report sexual victimization to police and consider their descriptions of police response when they do report the crime. Our findings provide insight into the gendered relations between offenders and police.
性侵犯仍然是报案率最低的暴力犯罪之一。受害者报案时,往往对警方的反应不满意。影响人们决定诉诸法律的因素已得到广泛研究。然而,较少有研究探讨:(a)受害者的犯罪行为如何影响这一决定;(b)女性犯罪者对其报案决定的描述。我们采用混合研究方法,探究与犯罪者向警方报告性侵害行为的决定相关的因素,并考虑他们在报案时对警方反应的描述。我们的研究结果为了解犯罪者与警方之间的性别关系提供了见解。