@article{ref1,
title="Rape Reform and Criminal Justice Processing",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="1985",
author="Polk, K.",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="191-205",
abstract="One goal of criminal law reform regarding rape has been to enhance convictions. Data from California, in which several such reforms have been introduced, indicate that between 1975 and 1982: (1) police clearance rates for rape have remained relatively unchanged; (2) the rate of court filings for rape increased slightly; (3) the probability of a conviction once a case reached court was relatively unchanged; but that (4) there was a strong upward trend for cases of rape (and other serious felonies) to lead to an institutional sentence. Questions are raised about whether these &quot;deep-end&quot; effects meet the intent of rape law reform.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128785031002003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128785031002003"
}