Hermolle Megan, Kent Alexandra, Locke Abigail J, Andrews Samantha J
School of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
Institute for Social Justice and Crime, University of Suffolk, Ipswich IP4 1QJ, UK.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Sep 18;14(9):837. doi: 10.3390/bs14090837.
Recent statistics reveal alarming flaws in the Criminal Justice System's (CJS) handling of rape cases, undermining the pursuit of justice for complainants seeking legal redress. This paper takes a novel approach to explore police rape stereotype use in interviews with rape complainants, utilising critical discourse analysis and conversation analysis and discursive psychology to understand and critique the balance of power within an interview and how this might impact attrition and prosecution decisions. Ten police interviews with rape complainants were analysed with several suspect discursive constructions present throughout, including the interviewer constructing the suspect as misunderstanding, the complainant as miscommunicating non-consent, or agentless and passive talk. A significant and original finding was the way constructions interacted with the spectrum of stranger-to-partner rapes. In stranger rape cases, passive language often obscures the suspect and emphasises the complainant's behaviour. Acquaintance rapes frequently involved misunderstandings centred on visible distress and mixed signals. Partner rapes highlighted issues around consent and coercion, with officers often ignorant of coercive control and domestic abuse. These findings align with Operation Bluestone Soteria (OSB); thus, the recommendations align with those made by OSB's Pillar One.
近期统计数据揭示了刑事司法系统（CJS）在处理强奸案件时存在的令人担忧的缺陷，这损害了寻求法律补救的投诉人对正义的追求。本文采用了一种新颖的方法，通过批判性话语分析、会话分析和话语心理学，探讨警方在询问强奸投诉人时对强奸刻板印象的运用，以理解和批判询问过程中的权力平衡，以及这可能如何影响案件流失和起诉决定。对十次警方询问强奸投诉人的过程进行了分析，其中存在几种可疑的话语结构，包括面试官将嫌疑人描述为误解、投诉人将不同意描述为沟通不畅，或无行为主体的被动表述。一个重要且新颖的发现是这些结构与从陌生人强奸到伴侣强奸的范围之间的相互作用方式。在陌生人强奸案件中，被动语言往往会模糊嫌疑人的形象，强调投诉人的行为。熟人强奸案件经常涉及围绕明显痛苦和混合信号的误解。伴侣强奸案件突出了同意和胁迫方面的问题，警察往往对强制控制和家庭虐待一无所知。这些发现与“蓝石索忒里亚行动”（OSB）一致；因此，建议与OSB第一支柱提出的建议一致。
