Purpose We examine correlates of police and prosecutor decision-making in sexual assault
cases and assess the focal concerns theory's ability to explain decisions to arrest and …

Objectives Examine the effect of a 40-h police sexual assault training and individual-level
impulsivity on officers' intention to make an arrest and the importance placed on using …

Purpose This research examined interactions between police officers and those suspected
of violating COVID-19 ordinances. It explored the interactional nature of these encounters …

Our study fills an important research gap by investigating the differences in myths and
misperceptions about sexual assault survivors among police officers (N= 388) and …

The discovery of thousands of untested sexual assault kits (SAKs) in police jurisdictions
across the United States has prompted federal, state, and local agencies to enact policies …

In the United States, it is estimated that fewer than 30% of sexual assaults are reported to
law enforcement, less than 5% will result in an arrest, and approximately 3% will result in a …

Police discretionary decision-making in sexual assault case processing has received
considerable empirical attention for several decades. This has been, in part, the result of …

Police decision-making in sexual assault cases has received considerable attention due to
case attrition. Limited studies, however, have focused on early police processes as a path …

Background Prosecutorial use of drug-induced homicide (DIH) laws varies, and their public
health impacts are poorly understood. This mixed-methods study explores associations …

At the direction of the 2015 Minnesota legislature (Minnesota 2015 Session Laws, chapter
65, section 37), Minnesota's state crime laboratory, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension …