CRIM 316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Social Dynamics, Offender Profiling, Sex And The Law
7 Mar 2019
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Fbi estimate that only a third of all rapes will be reported to police. Of sexual assaults reported to police, only small percentage will result in conviction of offender. While there has been gradual growth in field of research on sexual victimization, such growth has not been matched in terms of police response to such victimization. Gaps b/w current knowledge on sexual victimization & police response to it can translate into feeling of dissatisfaction towards police, miscommunication & misunderstanding about police work in area & misguided responses & practices by police. Establishing if crime occurred & proving guilt can be accomplished in 1 of 3 ways. Many sexual assault cases involve alleged victim & alleged offender known to each other. Issue in such cases not such much to prove identity of alleged offender but rather to determine whether alleged victim consented or not.
