Capitol offense : police mishandling of sexual assault cases in the District of Columbia /

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Author / Creator:Darehshori, Sara.
Imprint:[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, c2013.
Description:196 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9132969
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Varying Form of Title:Police mishandling of sexual assault cases in the District of Columbia
United States : capitol offense
Other authors / contributors:Human Rights Watch (Organization)
ISBN:156432978X
9781564329783
Notes:"Sara Darehshori ... researched and wrote this report..."--P. 191.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
Summary:This 196-page report concludes that in many sexual assault cases, the police did not file incident reports, which are required to proceed with an investigation, or misclassified serious sexual assaults as lesser or other crimes. Human Rights Watch also found that the police presented cases to prosecutors for warrants that were so inadequately investigated that prosecutors had little choice but to refuse them and that procedural formalities were used to close cases with only minimal investigation. The mayor and City Council should create an independent mechanism to monitor police department response to sexual assault complaints, Human Rights Watch said.

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Call Number: HV8079.S48 D374 2013
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