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Menard (sociology, Pennsylvania State U.) examines the social ecology of victims' decisions to contact the police using two studies, the first of which surveyed college students to investigate the labeling of and the advice to report criminal events to the police, and the second of which compiled and analyzed data from 48 rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania. She found that individual and location factors influenced the decision, based on the severity of the attack, age, intoxication, relationship with the offender, and the locale's gender equality, victim services and percentage of stranger assaults. She examines in detail the prevalence of sexual assault and reporting patterns, processes victims go through to make their decisions, their concerns about labeling and reporting, and the implications for future policies. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author

Kim S. Menard

Publisher

LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC; LFB Scholarly Pub.

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781593321260

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Sociology