TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - So Few Convictions
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Du Mont, Janice
A1  - Myhr, Terri L.
SP  - 1109
EP  - 1136
VL  - 6
IS  - 10
N2  - 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.<p /> 
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SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778010022183541
ID  - ref1
ER  -