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Cassia Spohn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the sexual stratification hypothesis revisited testing assumptions about simple versus Aggravated Rape
Journal of Criminal Justice, 2008Co-Authors: Katharine Tellis, Cassia SpohnAbstract:Previous research testing the sexual stratification hypothesis has included only African American and White victims and suspects. This study also included Hispanic victims and suspects. Using data on all sexual assaults reported to the San Diego Police from 1995 to 2002, the analysis focused on the effects of the racial/ethnic composition of the victim/offender dyad, the relationship between victim and offender, and type of Rape on three sexual assault case outcomes: whether the victim declined prosecution, whether the police unfounded the crime, and whether the district attorney filed charges. A secondary analysis employed the liberation hypothesis to test whether the effect of race was confined to simple Rape. Results indicated that the racial composition of the victim/offender dyad was largely insignificant in determining case outcomes, but that the relationship between victim and offender and whether the suspect and victim were under the influence of alcohol or drugs had strong effects.
Katharine Tellis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the sexual stratification hypothesis revisited testing assumptions about simple versus Aggravated Rape
Journal of Criminal Justice, 2008Co-Authors: Katharine Tellis, Cassia SpohnAbstract:Previous research testing the sexual stratification hypothesis has included only African American and White victims and suspects. This study also included Hispanic victims and suspects. Using data on all sexual assaults reported to the San Diego Police from 1995 to 2002, the analysis focused on the effects of the racial/ethnic composition of the victim/offender dyad, the relationship between victim and offender, and type of Rape on three sexual assault case outcomes: whether the victim declined prosecution, whether the police unfounded the crime, and whether the district attorney filed charges. A secondary analysis employed the liberation hypothesis to test whether the effect of race was confined to simple Rape. Results indicated that the racial composition of the victim/offender dyad was largely insignificant in determining case outcomes, but that the relationship between victim and offender and whether the suspect and victim were under the influence of alcohol or drugs had strong effects.
Sl Pemberton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Talking about Rape: a discursive study of convicted adult rapists' accounts of Rape
2012Co-Authors: Sl PembertonAbstract:At least 167 women are Raped every day in the UK, yet Rape remains one of the most under reported and least prosecuted of all violent crimes. Low conviction rates can be attributed in part to the failings of the criminal justice system including the infiltration of Rape myths into said system and the ambiguity surrounding sexual consent. This thesis has drawn on data generated from eighteen semi-structured interviews and one focus group with men who have been convicted of (acquaintance) Rape/Aggravated Rape. In doing so, this research has utilised critical discursive psychology to analyse the ways in which ‘Rape myths’ and knowledge of sexual consent, coercion and refusal is incorporated into participants’ offence accounts. Findings suggest that offenders employ a variety of Rape myths when accounting for their offence in accordance with particular issues of stake and interest. All of which is tied to the management of identity, sentence type and treatment received. Subscription to Rape myths was often relatively subtle and was based on offenders’ accounts of their mens rea (or lack thereof) or their consumption of drugs and/or alcohol, rather than primarily about the culpability of their victim as the more historic Rape myths might suggest. Furthermore, through offence accounts, participants were able to demonstrate a sophisticated articulation and appreciation of sexual refusals and negotiations through their ability to ‘hear’ sexual refusals which did not involve the word ‘no’ - reinforcing the subtle nature of sexual communication. These findings highlight that ‘knowledge’ of Rape myths needs to be contemporised and that the legislation surrounding consent needs to incorporate all its subtleties. All of which has implications for the treatment of sexual offenders
Khoshnood Ardavan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Characteristics of convicted male-on-female rapists in the South of Sweden between 2013 and 2018: a pilot study
'Informa UK Limited', 2020Co-Authors: Stiernströmer Emelie, Väfors Fritz Marie, Mellgren Caroline, Khoshnood ArdavanAbstract:The objective of this study was to evaluate the main characteristics of adult male offenders convicted of Rape or Aggravated Rape against adult females. We reviewed all convictions (n = 21) based on court documents from the District Court, the Court of Appeal and information from the Swedish Tax Agency in Malmö, Sweden, between 2013 and 2018. The findings indicated that the most common offender characteristics were a single status, mean age of 33 years and foreign background. The Rapes primarily occurred within a private setting while the victims (who were often younger and knew the offender) were unconscious. Although assumptions based on these results should be made with caution, our findings provide a clear image of the typical circumstances under which these Rapes occurred. This study should be viewed as a first attempt to create a database of characteristics of convicted rapists. As more data are added, more sophisticated analyses can be performed and stronger generalizations may be made. Information of this kind may also be important for further research, classification of rapists in offender profiling, and case linking
Callie Harbin Burt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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10.1177/1077801204271566VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN / February 2005Clay-Warner, Burt / REPORTING Rape Rape Reporting After Reforms Have Times Really Changed?
2016Co-Authors: Jody Clay-warner, Callie Harbin BurtAbstract:Using data from the National Violence Against Women Survey, the authors examine whether Rapes committed after reforms were more likely to be reported to police than those committed before reforms. The authors also consider whether the gap between the report-ing of simple versus Aggravated Rape has narrowed. They find that Rapes committed after 1990 were more likely to be reported than Rapes occurring before 1974. Aggravated Rape continues to be more likely to be reported than simple Rape, however, and this effect is sta-ble over time. The authors conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for evaluating the success of Rape reform statutes