Rape and sexual assault of women: the extent and nature of the problem

By A. Myhill, Jonathan Allen. 2002

127 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. Ray Bull
2. Emma Sleath
3. L. Kelly
4. L. Regan
5. J. Lovett
6. M. Horvath
7. E. O’Neal

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Emma Sleath
2. Ray Bull
3. Paul Dolan
4. L. Kelly
5. T. Peasgood
6. L. Regan
7. J. Lovett
8. M. Horvath

Citations in the corpus

• Multiple perpetrator rape: Naming an offence and initial research findings (2009, background): “Further, the low levels of injuries found in the current sample (the majority of whom are strangers) are consistent with findings from Easteal (1998), Kelly et al. (2005) and Myhill and Allen (2002), that rapes by current and ex-partners are the most likely to result in injuries.”
• Characteristics associated with rape attrition and the role played by scepticism or legal rationality by investigators and prosecutors (2007, background): “More particularly, evidence of violence appears to especially influence the outcome of a case, replicating the results of Myhill and Allen (2002) and Harris and Grace (1999).”
• A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases (2005, methodology): “…accounted for by the use of a narrower definition in the later study, linked to the revisions in the Sexual Offences Act (Walby and Allen, 2004).16 Myhill and Allen (2002) extrapolate that their figures would produce an annual incidence for rape of 61,000 in the year before the surv e y, whereas…”
• Police perceptions of rape victims and the impact on case decision making: A systematic review (2017, background): “For example, Myhill and Allen (2002) found that only a third of their sample of rape victims were very satisfied with the police response and 22% indicated they were very dissatisfied with the way the police handled their cases.”
• Estimating the Intangible Victim Costs of Violent Crime (2005, background): “Probability Source Physical health Broken bones 0.037 BCS (1998; 2000), 37% of victims reported some injury, of these 10% had severe injury (Myhill and Allen 2002) Minor bruise/black eye 0.192 BCS (1998; 2000), 37% of victims reported some injury of these 52% had slight injury (Myhill and Allen…”