Rape Reporting After Reforms

Have Times Really Changed

Bibliographic Data

ID12435565
AuthorsJ Clay-Warner (0000-0001-5585-524X, corresponding author), Callie H Burt (0000-0001-7191-9602, Institute of Criminology)
Year2004
Volume11
Issue2
Pages150-176
Publication date2004-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801204271566
PMID16043545
OpenAlexW2121245559
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited34

Using data from the National Violence Against Women Survey, the authors examine whether rapes committed after reforms were more likely to be reported to police than those committed before reforms. The authors also consider whether the gap between the reporting of simple versus aggravated rape has narrowed. They find that rapes committed after 1990 were more likely to be reported than rapes occurring before 1974. Aggravated rape continues to be more likely to be reported than simple rape, however, and this effect is stable over time. The authors conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for evaluating the success of rape reform statutes

Criminology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Statute · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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