Constituting Power in Sexual Assault Cases
Prosecutorial Strategies for Victim Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2485025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Frohmann (University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 393-407 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3097193 |
| OpenAlex | W2011315449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 45 |
This paper examines the interactive processes through which prosecutors manage sexual assault victims during complaint filing interviews. Using ethnographic data from the post-rape-law-reform period and the micropolitics of trouble framework, I identify three strategies prosecutors use to manage complainants: displays of concern, specifying downstream possibilities, and shifting paradigms. I argue that prosecutors access to legal resources and remedies, as well as their insiders knowledge of the system severely constrain victim's power. I suggest, given current legal practices, the efficaciousness of rape law reform is questionable
Business · Complaint · Criminology · Ethnography · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Power (physics) · Sexual assault · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
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Blame, shame, and community
Beyond surveys and scales
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The Linkage Between Secondary Victimization by Law Enforcement and Rape Case Outcomes
Visión de túnel
Silly Girls” and “Nice Young Lads”
Observing Gender and Race Discourses in Probation Review Hearings
Prosecuting Military Sexual Assault
The Criminal Justice System’s Response to Sexual Violence
The Impact of Detectives’ Manner of Questioning on Rape Victims’ Disclosure
Having the Last Word
Incorporating Feminist Theory and Insights Into a Restorative Justice Response to Sex Offenses
Gendered Violence and Restorative Justice
And Justice for All
Accessing Rights and Mitigating Revictimization
The Relationships Between Perceived Levels of Control, Psychological Distress, and Legal System Variables in a Sample of Sexual Assault Survivors
Pornography and Sexual Aggression
On the Alleged Incompatibility between Relativism and Feminist Psychology
Victims’ Rights, Victims’ Expectations, and Law Enforcement Workers’ Constraints in Cases of Murder
Bridging the Gap Between Prosecutors' Cases and Victims' Biographies in the Criminal Justice System Through Shared Emotions
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Rape Survivors' Experiences With the Legal and Medical Systems
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Rape Survivors’ Agency Within the Legal and Medical Systems
The Sexual Assault and Secondary Victimization of Female Veterans
Rape
When are victims unlikely to cooperate with the police
The Management of Emotions in the Criminal Justice System
Blame, shame, and community
Sexual Violence and Its Discontents
Police officers' perceptions of false allegations of rape
Untangling Captured Law and the Justice Gap
Relational Troubles and Semiofficial Suspicion
The Processing of Homicides in the Courts
Constructing Sexual Harm
She Clearly Thought That Something Bad Had Happened to Her
The sociology of social problems
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Inside Plea Bargaining
Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients
Gateway to Justice
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
Understanding Rape Survivors' Preparations for Court
Accounting for the “Second Assault”
Prosecution as a Victim Power Resource
Confronting rape
Language, Law, and Society
The Impact of Victim Assessment on Prosecutors' Screening Decisions
Discrediting Victims' Allegations of Sexual Assault
Case Processing and Interorganizational Knowledge
The Micro-Politics of Trouble
Normal Crimes
Preparing to Testify
Ethnography and Orthography
Toward Ethnographies of Institutional Discourse
In the Best Interest of the Child Ii
In the Best Interest of the Child
Dispute Domains
Orchestrated Encounters
On Last Resorts
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,77 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |