“I Don't Have to be Afraid of You”: Rape Survivors' Emotion Management in Court

Konradi, Amanda

doi:10.1016/s0195-6086(99)80003-4

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“…Women also seemed to recognize the importance of claiming a victim status in order to receive assistance and support via social service agencies and/or the criminal justice system. This finding is supported by other studies by demonstrating that in order to be believable and taken seriously during court proceedings, women who are victims of violence need to present as credible victims (Dunn, 2001;Konradi, 1999).…”

Section: Theme 1: Not All Women Who Experience Ipv View Themselves Assupporting

confidence: 73%

Victims’ Perceptions of Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Leisenring

2012

Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

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Police officers have historically been criticized for ignoring the seriousness of intimate partner violence (IPV) and for dismissing victims' needs. Many jurisdictions in the United States have implemented policies encouraging or mandating the arrest of IPV offenders in an attempt to address these shortcomings. However, a more aggressive police response has not necessarily changed victims' perceptions of officers or improved victim-officer interactions. In this article, using both qualitative interview data and data from existing literature, I examine the victims' understandings of IPV, particularly in the context of mandatory and preferred arrest policies, and consider how these understandings likely shape victims' interactions with police officers. I also discuss implications for the future policing of IPV.

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Section: Theme 1: Not All Women Who Experience Ipv View Themselves Assupporting

confidence: 73%

Victims’ Perceptions of Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Leisenring

2012

Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations

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“…Previous research has shown that involvement with the criminal justice system can be an emotional experience for survivors of sexual assault (Konradi, 1999). Sometimes, victims receive little preparatory assistance from prosecutors prior to a trial (Konradi, 1997), forcing them to rely on themselves to prepare for a process that they may know little about (Konradi, 1996a).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relationships Between Perceived Levels of Control, Psychological Distress, and Legal System Variables in a Sample of Sexual Assault Survivors

Walsh

Bruce

2011

Violence Against Women

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Information regarding psychological distress, perceived levels of temporal control, and legal system success and satisfaction ratings were collected from 41 survivors of sexual assault. Results suggest that self-blame and offender blame may differentially impact posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptom severity. In addition, participants who perceived a greater risk of future assault reported higher levels of depressive and PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, perceptions of present control over the recovery process were related to lower levels of psychological distress. For those who reported the assault to police, lower levels of legal system success and satisfaction were linked to higher levels of perceived control over present recovery.

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“…Researchers have found that emotion management is important to the successful presentation of a victim identity for female victims of violence involved in the criminal justice system (Dunn 2001;Konradi 1999;Rajah et al 2006). Konradi (1999) discusses how rape victims in courtrooms often face contradictory expectations surrounding their emotional presentations, as the norms require "emotional suppression on the one hand (the rational witness) and evocation on the other (the traumatized rape victim)" (p.56). Not surprisingly, around one-quarter of the women I interviewed believed that their emotional state influenced their credibility with the police in that women who were very upset were less likely to be taken seriously then women who were calm.…”

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“Whoa! They Could’ve Arrested Me!”: Unsuccessful Identity Claims of Women During Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Leisenring¹

2011

Qual Sociol

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Many jurisdictions in the U.S. have implemented mandatory arrest policies in an attempt to limit police officers' discretion in their arrest decisions when responding to intimate partner violence calls. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with female victims of intimate partner violence, I explore the ways in which mandatory arrest policies have influenced the identity work of women during their interactions with police officers. I focus specifically on women's "unsuccessful" identity claims: situations where women are unable to convince police officers that they are victims and situations where women are unable to convince officers that they are not victims. I examine the strategies that women use during their identity work and explore the consequences of women's failed self presentations under mandatory arrest policies, the most significant of which is a woman's arrest. I argue that under mandatory arrest policies, for many women, the risk of failed identity work is even more consequential than before these policies were established.

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“I Don't Have to be Afraid of You”: Rape Survivors' Emotion Management in Court

Cited by 31 publications

References 41 publications

Victims’ Perceptions of Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Victims’ Perceptions of Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

The Relationships Between Perceived Levels of Control, Psychological Distress, and Legal System Variables in a Sample of Sexual Assault Survivors

“Whoa! They Could’ve Arrested Me!”: Unsuccessful Identity Claims of Women During Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence

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