RT Book
T1 Scotland country report: different systems, similar outcomes?Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in 11 European countries
A1 Burman, Michèle
A1 Kelly, Liz
A1 Lovett, Jo
LA English
PP London
PB Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1678031526
AB This report looks at attrition in Scotland. Attrition – the process by which the majority of reported rape cases fail to reach trial – has become a critical research and policy issue. In virtually all countries where major studies have been published, substantial increases in reporting have not been matched by rises in prosecutions, resulting in a falling conviction rate. Whilst this pattern has been documented in two previous Daphne projects (Regan & Kelly, 2003), it was not universal across Europe. This report forms part of a wider project funded by the EU Commission which is analysing the similarities and differences in attrition processes across 11 countries with varying judicial systems and socio-legal cultures; it is the first study to do this.
K1 Vergewaltigung
K1 Verurteilung
K1 Schottland
DO 10.15496/publikation-28709