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Association: Name: American Society of Criminology (ASC) URL: http://www.asc41.com
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Postle, Greg. "Effect of Offense Severity on Sexual Assault Case Processing" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p125923_index.html>

Postle, G. "Effect of Offense Severity on Sexual Assault Case Processing" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p125923_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper examines whether case processing varied by offense severity. Specifically, we examine whether police and prosecutorial decision-making, as well as case outcomes, vary between sexual assault cases and the more severe forcible rape cases. Sexual assault and forcible rape cases were examined for significant differences with respect to police founding decisions, the subsequent decision to refer cases for prosecution, the filing decision by prosecutors, and ultimately findings of guilt. To accomplish this goal, we collected data from all sexual assaults and forcible rapes reported to the Alaska State Troopers (AST) from 2003-2004. Data collected from AST’s official reports included detailed information of victim, suspect, witness, incident and investigation characteristics. These data were linked to case outcome data from the Alaska Department of Law (DOL). The DOL data contained detailed descriptions of prosecutorial decision-making and final dispositions for all cases referred by AST from 2003-2004. Analyses of the linked data sources provided the ability to distinguish what impact offense severity (sexual assault versus forcible rape) had on decision-making by criminal justice officials at various stages within the criminal justice system. Research and policy implications are discussed.

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