PIERCE COUNTY (WA) - RAPE RELIEF - EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 41643
• Author(s): M F LAYMAN; S R BARLOW
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 27 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE MATERIAL REPORTS THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION OF THE PIERCE COUNTY RAPE RELIEF PROJECT, WHICH COVERS THE PROJECT PERIOD OF 1976.

Abstract

THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE AID AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND TO ENHANCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF RAPE IN THE COUNTY. THE EVALUATORS CONCLUDED FROM A DATA ANALYSIS THAT RAPE RELIEF HAS HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR ON THE INCIDENCE OF RAPE IN PIERCE COUNTY. HOWEVER, RAPE REPORTED TO RAPE RELIEF HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND RAPE RELIEF CASES WHICH WERE PROSECUTED WERE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN NON-RAPE RELIEF PROSECUTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP