Policing Sexual Assault

Author : Jeanne Gregory,Sue Lees
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134713127

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Policing Sexual Assault by Jeanne Gregory,Sue Lees Pdf

Policing Sexual Assault provides a detailed account of current police practice in the UK in response to sexual assault. The authors use case studies and interviews to find out why when the number of rape cases has almost trebled since 1985, the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction has dropped from 24% to 8.6%. Chapters cover: an overview of existing research police culture police recording practices the role of the Crime Prosecution Service male rape analysis of the judicial process interviews with complainants and first-hand accounts of their experiences proposals for reform. The authors place their findings within the context of theoretical debates about domestic and sexual violence and examine the gap between official condemnations of male violence, as enshrined in law, and the realities of the victims' (male and female) experiences - whereby the violence is too often condoned.

Author : Cassia Spohn,Katharine Tellis
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1626370249

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Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault by Cassia Spohn,Katharine Tellis Pdf

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.

Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780776619774

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Sexual Assault in Canada by Elizabeth A. Sheehy Pdf

Sexual Assault in Canada is the first English-language book in almost two decades to assess the state of sexual assault law and legal practice in Canada. Gathering together feminist scholars, lawyers, activists and policy-makers, it presents a picture of the difficult issues that Canadian women face when reporting and prosecuting sexual violence. The volume addresses many themes including the systematic undermining of women who have been sexually assaulted, the experiences of marginalized women, and the role of women’s activism. It explores sexual assault in various contexts, including professional sports, the doctor–patient relationship, and residential schools. And it highlights the influence of certain players in the reporting and litigation of sexual violence, including health care providers, social workers, police, lawyers and judges. Sexual Assault in Canada provides both a multi-faceted assessment of the progress of feminist reforms to Canadian sexual assault law and practice, and articulates a myriad of new ideas, proposed changes to law, and inspired activist strategies. This book was created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Jane Doe’s remarkable legal victory against the Toronto police for sex discrimination in the policing of rape and for negligence in failing to warn her of a serial rapist. The case made legal history and motivated a new generation of feminist activists. This book honours her pioneering work by reflecting on how law, legal practice and activism have evolved over the past decade and where feminist research and reform should lead in the years to come.

Author : Andrea J. Ritchie
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807088982

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Invisible No More by Andrea J. Ritchie Pdf

“A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. By placing the individual stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Andrea Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centered around women’s experiences of policing. Featuring a powerful forward by activist Angela Davis, Invisible No More is an essential exposé on police violence against WOC that demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

Author : Howard N. Snyder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Child molesters
ISBN : PURD:32754069594103

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Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement by Howard N. Snyder Pdf

Author : Shana L Maier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136684999

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Rape, Victims, and Investigations by Shana L Maier Pdf

Despite changes to laws and attitudes, rape continues at epidemic levels worldwide. As gatekeepers to the criminal justice system, law enforcement officers are important to the processing of rape cases and their interactions with victims can potentially affect the victim’s reaction to and recovery from rape. In order to better understand rape and the processing of cases through the criminal justice and legal systems, Rape, Victims and Investigations explores the unique perceptions and experiences of detectives who respond to rape victims and investigate rape cases. The detective’s investigation is the foundation of the prosecution’s case; the book considers factors that contribute to the challenging nature of rape investigations, such as lack of evidence or a clear, credible victim statement. Detectives’ perceptions of victims’ revictimization by the criminal justice and legal systems are also explored. The book also looks at specific causes of police stress and burnout related to working rape cases, financial struggles faced by departments, and ways to meet these challenges. By integrating previous research within the context of rich interview data, Rape, Victims and Investigations provides deep insight for readers and will contribute to the continued improvement of treatment of victims by the criminal justice system. The book will be essential reading for academics, students, law enforcement officers, those who provide services to sexual assault victims and victims themselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Rape
ISBN : 1934485195

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Improving the Police Response to Sexual Assault by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom Barker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030284411

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Aggressors in Blue by Tom Barker Pdf

This book presents a powerful and thorough investigation into police deviance and sexual misconduct in the US. Drawing on news reports, official government press releases and academic research sources, Barker examines a wide array of cases including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, child molestation and police killings, including those of prisoners behind bars. Substantiated with additional cases from the UK, Russia and beyond, analysis is also conducted of the experiences of the victims of those crimes. Aggressors in Blue argues that this misconduct has its roots in the nature of the law enforcement occupation, and outlines the typical conditions which enables police sexual abuse to take place. This is a bold new investigation which speaks to students and academics in criminal justice, criminology and social justice in particular, as well as to scholars, social justice advocates, law enforcement professionals, policy-makers and academics in other related disciplines.

Author : Arthur S. Chancellor
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781449648695

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Investigating Sexual Assault Cases by Arthur S. Chancellor Pdf

Criminal Investigations & Forensic Science

Author : Alexandra Brodsky
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250262530

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Sexual Justice by Alexandra Brodsky Pdf

A pathbreaking work for the next stage of the #MeToo movement, showing how we can address sexual harms with fairness to both victims and the accused, and exposing the sexism that shapes today's contentious debates about due process Over the past few years, a remarkable number of sexual harassment victims have come forward with their stories, demanding consequences for their assailants and broad societal change. Each prominent allegation, however, has also set off a wave of questions – some posed in good faith, some distinctly not – about the rights of the accused. The national conversation has grown polarized, inflamed by a public narrative that wrongly presents feminism and fair process as warring interests. Sexual Justice is an intervention, pointing the way to common ground. Drawing on core principles of civil rights law, and the personal experiences of victims and the accused, Alexandra Brodsky details how schools, workplaces, and other institutions can – indeed, must – address sexual harms in ways fair to all. She shows why these allegations cannot be left to police and prosecutors alone, and outlines the key principles of fair proceedings outside the courts. Brodsky explains how contemporary debates continue the long, sexist history of “rape exceptionalism,” in which sexual allegations are treated as uniquely suspect. And she calls on readers to resist the anti-feminist backlash that hijacks the rhetoric of due process to protect male impunity. Vivid and eye-opening, at once intellectually rigorous and profoundly empathetic, Sexual Justice clears up common misunderstandings about sexual harassment, traces the forgotten histories that underlie our current predicament, and illuminates the way to a more just world.

Author : Louise Westmarland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135993351

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Gender and Policing by Louise Westmarland Pdf

Gender and Policing is an innovative study of the real world of street policing and the gender issues which are a central part of this. Derived from extensive ethnographic research (involving police responses to gangland shootings, high speed car chases as well as more routine policing activities), this book examines the way police attitudes and beliefs combine to perpetuate a working culture which is dependent upon traditional conceptions of 'male' and 'female'. In doing so it challenges previously held assumptions about the way women are harassed, manipulated and constrained, focusing rather on the more subtle impact of structures and norms within police culture. Gender and Policing will be of interest to all those concerned with questions of policing and gender, and occupational culture more generally, while the theoretical framework developed will provide an important foundation for strategies of reform. At the same time the book provides a vivid and richly textured picture of the realities of operational policing in contemporary Britain.

Author : Cassia Spohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 1626374139

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Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault by Cassia Spohn Pdf

Author : Tim Grant,Nicci MacLeod
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108487306

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Language and Online Identities by Tim Grant,Nicci MacLeod Pdf

Drawing upon a unique forensic linguistic project on online undercover policing the authors further understanding of language and identity.

Author : Jane Doe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060616870

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The Story of Jane Doe by Jane Doe Pdf

On an August night in 1986, Jane Doe became the fifth reported woman raped by a sexual serial predator dubbed the Balcony Rapist. Even though the police had full knowledge of the rapist's modus operandi, they made a conscious decision not to issue a warning to women in her neighbourhood. Jane Doe quickly realized that women were being used by the police as bait. The rapist was captured as a result of a tip received after she and a group of women distributed 2,000 posters alerting the community. During the criminal proceedings, Jane Doe became the first raped woman in Ontario to secure her own legal representation -- allowing her to sit in on the hearings instead of out in the hall where victim-witnesses are usually cloistered. As a result, Jane heard details of the police investigation normally withheld from women in her position, which revealed a shocking degree of police negligence and gender discrimination. When the rapist was convicted, the comfort was cold. In 1987, Jane Doe sued the Metropolitan Police Force for negligence and charter violation. It took eleven long years before her civil case finally came to trial -- the rest is history.

Author : Paul Bleakley
Publisher : Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1032038985

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Policing Child Sexual Abuse by Paul Bleakley Pdf

This is an origin story for the policing of child sexual abuse in Queensland, Australia, the first book to focus on charting child sexual abuse policing in Queensland, pulling together threads of historical institutional abuse, organised paedophilia, police corruption and contemporary success in policing this crime online.