Police-victim interaction

Virtual Workshop: Understanding Sexual Assault Trauma and Considerations for Conducting a Trauma-Informed Interview

This workshop explores approaches for engaging survivors of sexual assault from a trauma-informed, victim-centered perspective thus supporting recommendations #2 and #22 of the NIJ’s National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach. A sexual assault survivor’s experience during the sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE) conducted by a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), access to victim advocacy, and interaction with law enforcement can...

Victim Cooperation in Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Cases: A Mixed Methods Examination

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2017

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The Sexual Stratification Hypothesis: Is the Decision to Arrest Influenced by the Victim/Suspect Racial/Ethnic Dyad?

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2019

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"Victim is Not Credible" The Influence of Rape Culture on Police Perceptions of Sexual Assault Complainants

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2019

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It All Just Piles Up: Challenges to Victim Credibility Accumulate to Influence Sexual Assault Case Processing

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2019

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Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

2018

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Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits

Journal

Law & Society Review

Date Published

2018

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Accountability, Collaboration, and Social Change: Ethical Tensions in an Action Research Project to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)

Journal

American Journal of Community Psychology

Date Published

2017

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Explaining the Use of Traditional Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking Concerns in Illicit Massage Businesses

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

April 2022

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Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey

Journal

Preventive Medicine

Date Published

February 2021

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Just Science Podcast: Just Key Considerations for Investigations of Sexual Assault Cases

Date Published

2022

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Crime Solutions

Improving Forensic Responses to Residential Burglaries: Results of a Randomized Controlled Field Trial

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

August 2016

Women's Experiences of Social Reactions From Informal and Formal Supports: Using a Modified Administration of the Social Reactions Questionnaire

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2021

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Effect of Prior Police Contact on Victimization Reporting Results From the Police-Public Contact and National Crime Victimization Surveys

Date Published

June 2018

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Coping With Victimization: The Effects of Police Intervention on Victims' Psychological Readjustment

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

1987

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Failing Victims? Challenges of the Police Response to Human Trafficking?

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

July 2019

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Impact of Victim-Focused Outreach on Criminal Legal System Outcomes Following Police-Reported Intimate Partner Abuse

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

August 2012

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Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims

Journal

Date Published

March 2009

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NIJ

Series

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Travails of the Detroit Police-Victims Experiment: Assumptions and Important Lessons

Journal

American Journal of Police

Date Published

1992

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Sexual Assault and Current Mental Health: The Role of Help-Seeking and Police Response

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

November 2009

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Perceptions of the Police by Female Victims of Domestic Partner Violence

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

November 2003

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Moving On or Dropping Out: Police Processing of Adult Sexual Assault Cases

Journal

Women & Criminal Justice

Date Published

January 2013

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Some Unexpected Effects of a Police Service for Victims

Journal

Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1987

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Sexual Violence Against Alaska Tribal Women: Village Public Safety Officers Having Some Impact

Date Published

August 2020

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NIJ

Police Interactions With Victims of Violence

Date Published

September 2019

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