Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and CanadaJames F. Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley Bloomsbury Academic, 2002 - 246 pages Drawing on the most recent studies, this collection of articles assesses and evaluates current criminal justice responses, policies, and practices regarding sexual violence in the United States and Canada. Focusing on methodological and ideological issues, rape law reform, criminal justice responses, social contexts of sexual assault, and community responses, authors from the fields of sociology, criminal justice, law, counseling, anthropology, biology, and psychology provide detailed studies of the problems and challenges involved in this very sensitive and important issue. The broad perspective provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the current state of criminal justice responses to sexual assault as well as the changes and progress being made in the area. By providing such extensive coverage, the volume also offers readers a guide to the very nature and extent of sexual violence and its consequences. |
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... interview at a more convenient time rather than stopping the interview completely . In surveys involving sensitive material , the option of rescheduling interviews is crucial because given the fact that the many interpersonal crimes of ...
... INTERVIEWS AND SHORT CUES The NCVS attempts to stimulate respondent recall by bounding interviews and by providing short cues in the screen questions . If an interview is bounded it means that information from the first interview is ...
... Interviews 31 91.2 Polygraph 18 52.9 Confidentiality Training 34 100.0 Interviewing 25 73.5 Collecting Evidence 24 ... interviews were defined as more than one interview of the victim . For a few departments , multiple interviews might ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
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