NCJ Number
29909
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 62 Issue: 11 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1975) Pages: 36-37
Date Published
1975
Length
2 pages
Annotation
TRAINING TO RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL OF POLICE AND HOSPITAL PERSONNEL IN QUESTIONING SEX CRIMES VICTIMS CAN LEAD TO GREATER COMPLAINANT COOPERATION AND INCREASED APPREHENSION AND PROSECUTION OF SEX CRIMINALS.
Abstract
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING EFFORTS INVOLVING CRISIS INTERVENTION, ANXIETY REDUCTION, AND SENSITIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTIVES AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL ARE SUMMARIZED. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS WITH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM PERSONNEL WHICH STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTATION OF TRAUMA AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL ASSAULT CRUCIAL TO A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION.