Social Reactions and Women’s Decisions to Report Sexual Assault to Law Enforcement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12437474
AutoresAnne P DePrince (0000-0001-5913-9793, University of Denver, CO, USA, autor de correspondencia), Naomi M Wright (0000-0003-1253-8150, University of Denver), Naomi Wright (University of Denver, CO, USA), Kerry L Gagnon (0000-0003-0765-6347, University of Denver, CO, USA), Tejaswinhi Srinivas (University of Denver, CO, USA), Jennifer S Labus (0000-0002-6634-2551, University of California, Los Angeles), Jennifer Labus (University of California, Los Angeles)
Año2019
Volumen26
Número5
Páginas399-416
Fecha de publicación2019-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801219838345
PMID30943114
OpenAlexW2932348630
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas29

Following sexual assault, little is known about how the social reactions women receive from informal supports and community-based providers relate to decisions to report to law enforcement. Among 213 diverse women who had disclosed a recent sexual assault to a community-based provider, 56% reported to law enforcement. Law enforcement reporting was associated with more positive (tangible aid) and less negative (distraction, being treated differently) reactions from informal supports and more tangible aid and less emotional support from community-based providers. Tangible aid from community-based providers predicted law enforcement reporting over the subsequent 9 months among women who had not initially reported

Criminology · Distraction · Enforcement · Injury prevention · Law enforcement · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Suicide prevention · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies