RAPE IN SEATTLE - A CRIME IMPACT EVALUATION OF THE SEATTLE RAPE REDUCTION PROJECT FROM SEPTEMBER, 1973, TO DECEMBER, 1975

• NCJ Number: 41642
• Author(s): K E MATHEWS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 26 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-C-0120
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Washington Law and Justice Planning Office
• Corporate Author: Seattle Law and Justice Planning Office
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY REVEALS THE SUCCESS OF A RAPE REDUCTION PROGRAM AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER IN SEATTLE.

Abstract

THE PROGRAM AIMED TO INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF REPORTED RAPE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS WILLING TO IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE RAPE SUSPECTS, AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS FOR FORCIBLE RAPE. THE EVALUATION FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED RAPE CASES, AS WELL AS WILLINGNESS TO PROSECUTE. CONVICTION DATA, HOWEVER, DID NOT SHOW A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FROM THE FIGURES ON CONVICTION PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM'S INITIATION....BDS