Objective: The majority of sexual assault cases reported to police are never prosecuted.
Prior literature has suggested rape myths may explain these trends because police are …

Police perceptions of a victim's self-presentation style can have an impact on secondary
victimization, case processing, and public safety. Trauma survivors may present to police …

The current study used a purposive sample of 517 surveys administered to police officers at
one of the five largest and most diverse US cities to assess police adherence to rape myths …

Purpose We evaluated and summarized the current literature on police sexual assault
training. To do so, we examined the overall effects of police sexual assault training and …

Inaccurate beliefs that women commonly lie about sexual assault and target innocent men
are pervasive in the United States, particularly on college and university campuses …

Efforts to understand rape myth acceptance (RMA) as a cognitive framework in police,
unifying key cognitive/attitudinal and demographic factors into one coherent model, are …

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 …

En investigación social existe una importante línea de estudios que intentan comprender el
fenómeno de la violencia sexual. Un constructo que ha centrado el interés de no pocos …

This study compared male and female Israeli police officers (n= 242) and undergraduate
students (n= 273) in their perception of myths about male and female rape and the …

Police attitudes toward domestic violence are essential occupational outlooks that can
potentially shape police response to such violence. Studies on Chinese officers' attitudes …