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Kristin Carbone-Lopez1, Lee Ann Slocum2, Candace Kruttschnitt3
1University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA carbonelopezk@umsl.edu.
Abstract:
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.
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