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So Few Convictions

The Role of Client-Related Characteristics in the Legal Processing of Sexual Assaults

JANICE Du MONT

University of Toronto

TERRI L. MYHR

Centre for Research in Women's Health

This study examines the role of client-related characteristics in the legal processing of sexual assaults. Data were collected from the hospital and legal records of 187 women who presented to a sexual assault treatment center and the police of a large Canadian city in 1994. The data analyses revealed that cases involving older women and women who did not physically resist the assailant were less likely to have resulted in a charge. However, women who were known to the assailant for more than 24 hours (including current or previous partners) were more likely to see their cases forwarded for prosecution.

Violence Against Women, Vol. 6, No. 10, 1109-1136 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/10778010022183541
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