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Surviving Justice: Realities of Reporting Rape episodes
- 2: "The Very Characteristics of the Crime are the Same Factors That Lead People to Doubt the Legitimacy of a Report": Investigations, Pt. 1- Victim Blaming, Trauma, & Patrol Officers
Why are some sexual assaults never disclosed, or disclosed after a delay? How does the first response a survivor receives determine their long-term wellbeing, their likelihood to tell others, their likelihood to report to law enforcement, and their likelihood to stay involved in the criminal process? What are normal responses to traumatic events like rape? How do normal reactions to a traumatic event lead untrained officers and uneducated members of society to believe a victim is lying? What else is going on in the world of patrol officers that can lead them to not believe a sexual assault victim? And lastly, what can be done to fix this? Listen to learn.
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54 min - 1: "The Only Thing That's Uniform is Nothing Happens to the Perpetrator": What's the Problem?
What happens when you pick up the phone or go to the hospital and decide to report rape? No, really- what comes next? Will your rapist go to jail, or will your detective refer to the strangulation mark on your neck as a "hickey" in his report?
Why is your case less than 1% likely to be prosecuted?
Why is your rapist less than 5% likely to be arrested?
Why is the "jury pool", aka society, the scape goat for all rape cases ending before they start?
What kind of aftermath is the survivor left to deal with?
This episode introduces this series about the realities of reporting rape from first contact with the system, investigation, prosecutorial decision-making, and what it all means for survivors to live in a society where their experiences are continually dismissed for generally all the wrong reasons.Support the show
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Why report rape through a criminal procedure when there's a 95% chance that the rapist will never even be arrested, and less than a 1% chance than the rapist will be convicted? Why report rape when…
your rapist will hire a P.I. to intimidate and harass you through the process? Why report rape when your detective will refer to a strangulation mark on your neck as a hickey? Why report rape when you'll be met with a culture of hostility and disbelief, and be blamed at every turn for what someone else did to you?--------------------------------------------------This podcast walks listeners through the realities of reporting rape, from start to finish throughout the process: the moment of the crime itself, the decision to report or not, the SANE exam, the initial patrol contact, the interviews with a detective, the subsequent investigation or lack thereof, the nearly inevitable declination of bringing charges forward, and the reasons why the survivor is often left further victimized by the system while the rapist walks free.--------------------------------------------------Hear from survivors, civil attorneys, prosecutors, detectives both retired and not, national organizations dedicated to ending sexual violence, victim advocates, psychologists and more to gain an understanding of why the system doesn't work, what's being done to address it, and what can be done to best support survivors of sexual assault.Go to SurvivingJustice.org to share your story.