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- Title
Social Disorganization and Unfounded Sexual Assault Case Clearances.
- Authors
Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt; Tewksbury, Richard; Corzine, Jay; Huff-Corzine, Lin
- Abstract
Despite much research and policy development, it remains true that less than one half of all reported sexual assaults are cleared by arrest (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], 2011). Compounding this issue, many sexual assaults are not cleared by an arrest, but rather by being classified as "unfounded" by law enforcement (Soulliere, 1994, 2005; Tellis & Spohn, 2008). Grounded in the social disorganization perspective, this article examines the relationships between case-related and extralegal community-level charac-teristics and use of the designation of unfounded by the police. Contrary to initial expecta-tions, findings show that communities with higher levels of concentrated disadvantage, immigrant concentration, and residential instability are less likely to have sexual assaults deemed unfounded by law enforcement.
- Subjects
SOCIAL disorganization; RAPE; UNITED States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; SOCIAL policy; SOCIAL development; POLICE; LAW enforcement
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.28.1.90