Adult sexual assault

Kingsnorth, Rodney F.; Lopez, John S.; Wentworth, Jennifer; Cummings, Debra

doi:10.1016/s0047-2352(98)00012-9

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“…However, it is also not uncommon for research to find limited or no evidence of discrimination in charging outcomes (e.g., Franklin 2010, Holmes et al 1987, Kingsnorth et al 1998, Wooldredge et al 2005. For select outcomes, like case dismissals, some studies even find that minority defendants fare better than white defendants, although scholars often point out that this likely reflects prosecutorial corrections to bad arrests or other problems with the quality of case evidence (Barnes & Kingsnorth 1996, Gelman et al 2007).…”

Section: Charging Guilty Pleas and Convictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, much of this work focuses on specific offense types, such as sexual assaults or partner violence (e.g., Kingsnorth et al 1998, LaFree 1980, Spohn & Tellis 2018, Wooldredge & Thistlethwaite 2004 or, less commonly, drug offenses (Kutateladze et al 2016), whereas other work is limited to specific punishments, such as the death penalty (Baldus et al 1990, Paternoster & Brame 2008, which limits the generalizability of these findings. Some more recent work has begun to address these issues by examining multiple caseprocessing stages using larger and more diverse samples of criminal defendants.…”

Section: Multistage Studies Of Criminal Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cumulative Disadvantage in the American Criminal Justice System

Kurlychek

Johnson

2019

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

149

118

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Research on inequality in punishment has a long and storied history, yet the overwhelming focus has been on episodic disparity in isolated stages of criminal case processing (e.g., arrest, prosecution, or sentencing). Although theories of cumulative disadvantage exist in criminology, they are seldom adapted to account for treatment in the criminal justice system. We provide an overview of the concept of cumulative disadvantage in the life course and review evidence on the development of cumulative disadvantages across stages of the criminal justice system. In doing so, we appraise the empirical research on policing, prosecution, and the courts and consider how these largely separate bodies of scholarship are inherently connected. We conclude with a call for future research that focuses more explicitly on the ways that life-course disadvantages shape contact with the criminal justice system and how these processes work to perpetuate patterns of disadvantage within the system and in subsequent life outcomes.

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Section: Multistage Studies Of Criminal Punishmentmentioning

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Cumulative Disadvantage in the American Criminal Justice System

Kurlychek

Johnson

2019

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

149

118

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“…Examinations of the impact of victim and offender race on case processing decisions, though, have generated inconsistent findings. Some research has found that race did have an impact (LaFree, 1989; Spohn & Holleran, 2001), however others have found that victim and offender race and ethnicity were not significantly related to case processing decisions (Kingsnorth et al, 1998; Tellis & Spohn, 2008).…”

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Factors Affecting Sexual Assault Case Processing: Charging Through Sentencing in a Large Southern County

Diamond

Bowen

Burns

2021

J Interpers Violence

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Factors affecting prosecutorial decision-making represent one of the most understudied parts of the criminal justice system. Documenting these influences in relation to sexual assault cases is even more rare. The present study analyzed the complete prosecutorial case files of a large, southern district attorney’s office regarding all adult sexual assault cases received over a three-year period. Logistic regression and continuation ratio modeling were used to determine which factors were related to continued progression through the court system, from charging to sentencing. The findings indicate that cases with older or Latino defendants, as well as cases involving injury to the victim, were significantly more likely to be charged. A continuation ratio model of subsequent case outcomes indicated that factors such as DNA evidence, the use of a weapon, and the inclusion of a victim impact statement increased the likelihood of a case progressing to later stages of the system. The influence of criminal history and the amount of prosecutor contact with the victim, however, varied across outcomes. Namely, criminal history increased the odds of receiving a prison sentence while prosecutor contacts with the victim increased the odds of case indictment. These findings imply potential shifts in the treatment of these cases while also suggesting areas of improvement. Namely, prosecutors should strive to increase the amount of meaningful contacts with victims and encourage their participation in the court process. These findings also support the use of sexual assault packets by law enforcement to improve and standardize reporting practices for these cases.

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Prosecuting and Sentencing White‐Collar Crime in US Federal Courts

Galvin¹,

Simpson²

2019

The Handbook of White‐Collar Crime

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Adult sexual assault

Cited by 58 publications

References 14 publications

Cumulative Disadvantage in the American Criminal Justice System

Cumulative Disadvantage in the American Criminal Justice System

Factors Affecting Sexual Assault Case Processing: Charging Through Sentencing in a Large Southern County

Prosecuting and Sentencing White‐Collar Crime in US Federal Courts

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