WHATCOM COUNTY (WA) - WOMEN AS VICTIMS -ANALYSIS OF RAPE RELIEF

• NCJ Number: 41633
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Northwest Regional Council
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE GOALS OF THE RAPE RELIEF PROGRAM WERE TO REDUCE THE GROWING INCIDENCE OF RAPE IN WHATCOM COUNTY (WA) BY 20 PERCENT BY 1978, TO PROVIDE LIAISON AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS FOR RAPE VICTIMS, AND TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE RAPE DATA.

Abstract

THE GOAL PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ARE ASSESSED IN A NARRATIVE, RATHER THAN STATISTICAL, FORMAT. THE PROJECT, WHICH INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THE LEVEL OF REPORTING, HAD THE APPARENT EFFECT OF INCREASING THE RAPE RATE INSTEAD OF LOWERING IT. THE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR RAPE VICTIMS WERE SEEN TO BE USEFUL, HOWEVER. THE EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR BE MADE INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION AND THAT THE PROGRAM COOPERATE MORE WITH THE LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES....MSP