NCJ Number
305082
Journal
Feminist Criminology Dated: April 24, 2021
Date Published
April 2021
Annotation
This study, through focus groups with police officers and prosecutors, illuminates the link between two important case processing factors: the SAMFE and perceptions of victim credibility.
Abstract
While research has documented the evidentiary significance of sexual assault medical forensic exams (SAMFEs) to case processing, there has been less focus on SAMFEs’ relevance to extralegal case characteristics. In the current project, the majority of respondent narratives about the utility of the SAMFE point to how it strengthens or weakens perceptions of victim credibility. This link points to the SAMFE’s important role in early case processing before investigators send DNA evidence for forensic testing. (Publisher abstract provided)
Date Published: April 1, 2021
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