A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases

By L. Kelly, J. Lovett, L. Regan. 2005

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Characteristics associated with rape attrition and the role played by scepticism or legal rationality by investigators and prosecutors (2007, background): “The views of the latter officers suggested an exaggerated expectation of the numbers of false allegations, which is unsupported by the prevalence levels established in previous research (Kelly et al., 2005).”
Police Empathy and Victim PTSD as Potential Factors in Rape Case Attrition (2011, background): “Between one-half and two-thirds of individuals who report rape discontinue the judicial process before they are referred to the Crown Prosecution Service ( Kelly et al. 2005 ).”
Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice (2019, background): “But the gap persists, substantiated by a constant stream of reports and studies (Hohl and Stanko, 2015; Kelly et al., 2005; Lonsway and Archambault, 2012; Temkin and Krahe, 2008).”
Rape and Attrition in the Legal Process: A Comparative Analysis of Five Countries (2010, background): “…History Forensic/ Witness Evidence Victim’s Injury/ Resistance Suspect’s Use of Force/ Weapon 43 Horney and Spohn 1996 All … police … court court V 1 13 … police … court … police … court … police … court police court police court police … court … police … court 45 Kelly et al. 2005 All court V !”
Multiple perpetrator rape: Naming an offence and initial research findings (2009, background): “Kelly et al. (2005) found that in a third of assaults involving two or three assailants at least one individual was known to the victim (see also De Wree, 2004; Philip, 1962).”
WHAT IS TO BE DONE ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN? Gender, Violence, Cosmopolitanism and the Law (2007, background): “(The current conviction rate for case of rape stands at 5.6 per cent in England and Wales; Kelly et al. 2005 .)”
Prospective lawyers’ rape stereotypes and schematic decision making about rape cases (2008, background): “Whilst many countries have noted considerable increases in rapes reported to the police over the last two decades, this development is not matched by corresponding increases in the number of cases in which charges are brought against a suspect and in which a conviction results (Kelly, Lovett, & Rega”
Reacting to rape: Exploring mock jurors' assessments of complainant credibility. (2008, background): “…Ward 1999 ; Taylor and Joudo 2005 ) and studies examining conviction patterns in sexual assault cases in England and Wales ( Harris and Grace 1999 ; Kelly et al. 2005 ; Brown et al. 2007 ) have indicated that claims of non-consensual intercourse that are not accompanied by evidence of physical…”
Complaints of rape and the criminal justice system: Fresh evidence on the attrition problem in England and Wales (2015, background): “Similar to previous studies (Kelly et al., 2005; Lea at al., 2003; Harris and Grace, 1999), we found that victim withdrawal accounts for almost half of the attrition, with most victims withdrawing early in the process, and withdrawal becoming less likely once the case was referred to the CPS for cha”