When victims refuse and prosecutors decline: examining exceptional clearance in sexual assault cases

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This study examines the predictors of sexual assault case clearance, with a focus on arrest and two types of exceptional clearance: victim refusal to cooperate and prosecutorial declination to prosecute. Using National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data on crime incidents that contain a se...

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Authors: Richards, Tara N. (Author) ; Skubak Tillyer, Marie (Author) ; Wright, Emily M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2019, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 474-498
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Sexual assault
Prosecutorial discretion
Secondary victimization
Predictors of arrest
Sexueller Übergriff
Staatsanwaltliches Ermessen
Prädiktoren
NIBRS