Wrongful conviction in sexual assault: stranger rape, acquaintance rape, and intra-familial child sexual assaults
'Wrongful Conviction in Sexual Assault' examines the phenomenon of innocent defendants who are convicted of rape and related sexual offenses. It presents findings that indicate sexual offenses are highly overrepresented among confirmed wrongful convictions. Drawing from Innocence Project a...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY, United States of America
Oxford University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Jahr: 2021 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 'Wrongful Conviction in Sexual Assault' examines the phenomenon of innocent defendants who are convicted of rape and related sexual offenses. It presents findings that indicate sexual offenses are highly overrepresented among confirmed wrongful convictions. Drawing from Innocence Project and National Registry of Exoneration data and supplemented by social science and historical sources, the investigation explores various processes that led to wrongful conviction, distinguishing the differential risk of wrongful conviction among stranger rape, acquaintance rape, and intra-familial child sexual assault. |
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| Physische Details: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 192 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-065308-8 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/med-psych/9780190653057.001.0001 |
