Exploring the influence of reporting delay on criminal justice outcomes: comparing child and adult reporters of childhood sexual abuse
| Autor: | Lisa Bunting |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors case detection Northern ireland Pathology and Forensic Medicine crime detection Sex Factors SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Sex factors Criminal Law medicine Gender bias Humans Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Psychiatry Child historic abuse Medicine(all) SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions Age Factors Child Abuse Sexual Mandatory Reporting delayed reporting Police Disadvantaged Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Sexual abuse child sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Criminal law pretrial decision making Female Psychology Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | Bunting, L A 2014, ' Exploring the Influence of Reporting Delay on Criminal Justice Outcomes: Comparing Child and Adult Reporters of Childhood Sexual Abuse ', Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 577-594 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2014.920457 |
| ISSN: | 1547-0679 |
| Popis: | Delay between disclosure and reporting child sexual abuse is common and has significant implications for the prosecution of such offenses. While we might expect the relationship to be a linear one with longer delay reducing the likelihood of prosecution, the present study confirms a more complex interaction. Utilizing data from 2,079 police records in Northern Ireland, the study investigated the impact of reporting delay on pretrial criminal justice outcomes for child and adult reporters of child sexual abuse. While teenagers were found to be the group most disadvantaged by reporting delay, increased delay actually appeared advantageous for some groups, notably adult females reporting offenses that occurred when they were 0 to 6 years old. Conversely, adult males reporting child sexual abuse did not appear to benefit from increased delay, suggesting both an adult and gender bias within decision-making processes. The implications for future research are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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