RT Article
T1 Pathways to Sexual Assault Case Attrition: Culture, Context, and Case Clearance
JF Victims & offenders
VO 16
IS 8
SP 1061
OP 1076
A1 Pattavina, April
A2 Morabito, Melissa S.
A2 Williams, Linda M. 1949-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1774283085
AB Sexual assault case attrition research has been consistent in documenting that sexual assault complaints fall out of the system at disturbing rates. In this article, we describe a pathway to attrition where managerial concerns incentivize case processing outcomes that remove cases early in the system and scaffolds a decision-making context where rape myth adherence provides sustained rationalizations for closing cases. Using data on sexual assault incidents reported to the police, we present a quantitative analysis that investigates such a pathway to attrition that considers how police and prosecutors work together at the pre-arrest stage and the extent to which this practice facilitates the use of exceptional clearance police classification to close sexual assault investigations.
K1 exceptional clearance
K1 Police
K1 sexual assault
DO 10.1080/15564886.2021.1970661