Sexual Assault Kits And Reforming The Response To Rape

Author : Rachel E. Lovell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000780287
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape written by Rachel E. Lovell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape curates the current state of untested sexual assault kit research and highlights emerging best practices by exploring the past, the present, and the future of our collective response to rape. This book is the first to address the most critical topics related to untested sexual assault kits and the Department of Justice’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, bringing together leading US scholars, practitioners, policy makers, and survivors. In a series of well-researched and thoughtful thematic chapters, the book explores the current state of knowledge related to untested kits, survivors, and perpetrators, while also documenting fundamental and necessary changes in how societal systems respond to rape. It provides an opportunity to learn from our past, highlight what we could do differently now, and envision a better future for victims of rape and those tasked with ensuring justice. It may also serve as a cautionary tale for those jurisdictions that have yet to face their backlog or who have failed to embrace the practice and policy changes that have emerged from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape is essential reading for practitioners (including law enforcement, prosecutors, victim advocates, mental health providers, forensic nurses, and forensic scientists), stakeholders, legislators, and policy makers. It will also be of interest to upper-level students and scholars working on interpersonal violence, gender-based violence, and forensic nursing in social/behavioral science fields.

Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 1564324613
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Justice written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2009 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And recommendations -- Sexual violence in Los Angeles County -- Untested rape kits in crime laboratories -- Untested rape kits in police storage -- Human rights law and responses to sexual violence -- Conclusions.

Author : Patricia A. Melton.
Publisher : RTI Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enacting an improved response to sexual assault written by Patricia A. Melton. and published by RTI Press. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual assault is a violent crime that traumatizes individual victims and endangers entire communities. Every victim of sexual assault deserves an opportunity for justice and access to the resources they need to recover from this trauma. In addition, many perpetrators of sexual assaults are serial offenders who also commit other violent crimes, including armed robberies, aggravated assaults, burglary, domestic violence, and homicides, against strangers and acquaintances. Criminal justice agencies have the power to create a strategic, sustainable plan for an improved response to sexual assault that aligns with current best practices and national recommendations. In this document, we define an “improved response” as an approach that supports effective investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases, holds perpetrators accountable, and promotes healing and recovery for victims of sexual assault. This guide will help prosecutor and law enforcement agencies create a process with milestones, goals, and suggested actions, all designed to support a successful and sustainable approach for addressing sexual assault cases. Improving the criminal justice system’s response to sexual assault ultimately improves public safety and promotes trust between criminal justice agencies and the communities they serve.

Author : Frances P. Reddington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Assault written by Frances P. Reddington and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the crime of sexual assault and its related issues. It provides a synthesis of the most current information relating to sexual assault. Authors Reddington and Kreisel approach the topic of sexual assault in a unique way by examining it from a criminal justice perspective. In giving an overview of sexual assault, examining its victimology, discussing the sexual offender, and looking at the role the criminal justice system plays, this book presents a comprehensive and thoroughly informative study of the crime. "The editors did a good job fitting together the different articles on this important subject in a relatively seamless manner. This well-written, straightforward book should be easily read and understood by anyone with an interest in the subject. Summing Up: Recommended." -- Choice Magazine, September 2005

Author : Michael Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781922464798
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book System Failure written by Michael Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One in five Australian women has been the victim of a sexual assault. For these women, there is less than a 1 per cent chance that their rapist has been arrested, prosecuted and convicted of the crime. These are the bare numerical facts of system failure. We offer rape survivors a stark choice: go to the police, or remain silent. In recent times, the public pressure on survivors to report has increased, alongside a growing focus on two other options: civil action against the perpetrator, or going public. These evolving social responses are intended to offer an alternative to the tradition of silencing. However, each of these choices, for survivors, involves a further sacrifice of what they have already lost. The legal system's responses to rape were designed without survivors in mind, and they do not address, in any way, the questions that survivors ask or the needs they express. Simply put, on the systemic response to rape, we are having the wrong conversation."--

Author : Mary E. Odem
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842025997
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault written by Mary E. Odem and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the issue of sexual violence from various perspectives, including sociology, criminology, anthropology, public health, and women's studies. This collection analyzes social and institutional factors that contribute to their occurrence and provides strategies for prevention and change.

Author : Robert R. Hazelwood
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 131531634X
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation written by Robert R. Hazelwood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest edition addresses rape and sexual assaults from all clinical, pathological, medical, and legal aspects. The book focuses on the victim and covers contemporary issues in sexual violence, investigative aspects of rape and sexual assault, offender fantasy, the personality of the offender, collection of evidence, medical examinations, and treatment, as well as trial preparation issues. Special topics include pedophiles, female and juvenile offenders, drug-facilitated rape, sexual sadism, elder abuse, and sexual assault within the military.

Author : Katrin Hohl
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429816375
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policing Rape written by Katrin Hohl and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-05 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The policing of rape is in permacrisis. This book addresses the question of why police investigations continue to fail most rape victim-survivors and puts forward a framework for what policing can do to change this. Low conviction rates and poor victim-survivor experiences are the hallmarks of the rape justice gap. Three decades of research, policy, and legal changes have tweaked rape investigations to alleviate some of their ills; however, for the majority of victim-survivors, the process remains gruelling. Police forces are notoriously resistant to reform, even in the face of rapidly declining public trust. The starting point of this book is the recognition that if we want profound change in policing, we must try something new. To do so, the authors move from asking "What is it about rape that makes it so difficult for police to investigate it well?" to asking "What is it about the police that makes it so difficult for police to investigate rape well?". Policing Rape sets out a practice-oriented theoretical framework for radically and sustainably transforming rape investigations, rape prevention, and the quality of officer engagement with victim-survivors. The authors reflect on the journey of putting this framework into practice within Operation Soteria Bluestone as a step on the path towards a radical transformation of rape policing. This book is essential reading for all those looking to understand and improve the policing of rape.

Author : Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351301918
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victim of Rape written by Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented in-depth account of how our major institutions respond to the crime of rape is the first empirical study of rape victims in the United States as they come into contact with those who staff our police stations, hospitals, and courthouses. As this engrossing study makes clear, rape does not end with the assailant's departure; the profound suffering of the victim can be diminished or heightened by the response of these institutions. The authors provide direct, on-the-scene reports of how rape victims confront and endure the often devastating effects of institutional processing. Their work is based on first-hand observations, personal interviews, and case histories that document the rape victim's plight, and includes tables that present all research findings in easy-to-grasp numerical terms. The authors note changes now taking place, and argue that further institutional changes must be made to delegitimize rape in our society. The new introductory essay locates The Victim of Rape within the context of four lines of research: studies looking at the criminal justice system processing of such cases, the connection of rape to everyday life, social-structural and ideological support for rape, and strategies for prevention.

Author : Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412839556
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victim of Rape written by Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented in-depth account of how our major institutions respond to the crime of rape is the first empirical study of rape victims in the United States as they come into contact with the police, the hospital, and the court. It presents the often devastating effects of institutional processing of rape victims. The authors, a sociologist and a psychiatric nurse, provide direct, on-the-scene reports of how rape victims endure the institutional process.