NCJ Number
41642
Date Published
1976
Length
26 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY REVEALS THE SUCCESS OF A RAPE REDUCTION PROGRAM AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER IN SEATTLE.
Abstract
THE PROGRAM AIMED TO INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF REPORTED RAPE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS WILLING TO IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE RAPE SUSPECTS, AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS FOR FORCIBLE RAPE. THE EVALUATION FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED RAPE CASES, AS WELL AS WILLINGNESS TO PROSECUTE. CONVICTION DATA, HOWEVER, DID NOT SHOW A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FROM THE FIGURES ON CONVICTION PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM'S INITIATION....BDS