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

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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Main Author: Richards, Tara N. (Author)
Contributors: Skubak Tillyer, Marie ; Wright, Emily M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime & delinquency
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
NIBRS
Predictors of arrest
Prosecutorial discretion
Prädiktoren
Secondary victimization
Sexual assault
Sexueller Übergriff
Staatsanwaltliches Ermessen