Policing and prosecuting sexual assault: inside the criminal justice system /

Spohn, Cassia

Policing and prosecuting sexual assault: inside the criminal justice system / Policing & prosecuting sexual assault : inside the criminal justice system Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis. - ix, 246 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.

Sexual assault and the criminal justice system -- Policies and practices -- Detective and prosecutor perspectives -- Case attrition and case outcomes -- False reports -- The overuse and misuse of the exceptional clearance -- Intimate partner sexual assault -- Taking sexual assault seriously -- References.

Study of cases reported to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

9781626370241 (hc : alk. paper) 1626370249 (hc : alk. paper)

40022949544

2013013659

GBB489375 bnb

016610068 Uk


Sex crimes--United States.
Law enforcement--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

HV 6556 .S66 2014