TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Rape Reform and Criminal Justice Processing
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Polk, K.
SP  - 191
EP  - 205
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 "deep-end" effects meet the intent of rape law reform.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128785031002003
ID  - ref1
ER  -