RT Article
T1 Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Against Women of Color: Applying Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality Frameworks to Examine Arrest and Charging Decisions in Cases Involving Black and Latina Victims
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 5
SP 1462
OP 1483
A1 Acquaviva, Brittany L.
A2 Kelley, Shamika M.
A2 Meeker, Katherine A.
A2 Fleming, Jessica C.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1888580755
AB Using Critical Race Theory and an intersectional framework, the present study focuses on the case processing of sexual assault (SA) incidents involving Black and Latina victims. Importantly, much of the prior literature assessing arrest and charging decisions have been whitewashed by failing to consider that the factors influencing the case progression of white victims’ SA experiences may not appropriately apply to women of Color. Oftentimes, this scholarship merely controls for victim and suspect race without considering how legal and extralegal incident and case factors may operate differently for victims of Color. The present study addresses this oversight.
K1 charging
K1 Arrest
K1 Sexual assault case processing
K1 Critical Race Theory
K1 Intersectionality
DO 10.1177/00111287221137304