NCJ Number
42937
Journal
British Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 130 Dated: (1977) Pages: 32-42
Date Published
1977
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER REPORTS ON A BRITISH STUDY WHICH EXAMINED THE PREVIOUS SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS OF THOSE CHARGED WITH RAPE IN 1961, TOGETHER WITH CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OFFENSE AND THE DEGREE OF PUBLICITY EACH CASE RECEIVED.
Abstract
THE PROPORTION OF VICTIMS WHOSE NAMES WERE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS WAS HIGH (26 PER CENT), AND A HIGH PROPORTION OF ACCUSED WERE ACQUITTED (22 PER CENT). THEY FELL FAIRLY OBVIOUSLY INTO PAEDOPHILIAC RAPES OF GIRLS UNDER 14 (13 PER CENT), 'AGGRESSIVE' RAPISTS (20 PER CENT) WITH A RECORD OF OTHER AGGRESSIVE OFFENSES, AND 'OTHERS' (50 PERCENT) WITH FEW IF ANY OTHER CONVICTIONS. VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE RECORDS OF THESE GROUPS ARE CONSIDERED. THE PAEDOPHILES TENDED TO HAVE A WIDER AGE RANGE AND MORE OFTEN PLEADED OR WERE FOUND GUILTY, AND MORE OF THEM RECEIVED A MEDICAL DISPOSAL, RARE IN OTHERS. A SMALL BUT SIMILAR PROPORTION OF ACQUITTED AND CONVICTED WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONVICTED OF ANOTHER RAPE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...EB