Memory as evidence: how normal features of victim memory lead to the attrition of rape complaints
The complainants’ memory of the rape is commonly the key and frequently the only evidence in the investigation and prosecution of rape allegations. Details, specificity and consistency in the victim’s recollection are central criteria that criminal justice agents - police, prosecutors and juries - u...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Criminology & criminal justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 248-265 |
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