RAPE SQUAD (FROM POLICE IN AMERICA, 1975, BY JEROME H SKOLNICK AND THOMAS C GRAY - SEE NCJ-19813)

• NCJ Number: 19825
• Author(s): G LICHTENSTEIN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIBES TWO RAPE CASES HANDLED BY THE MANHATTAN, NEW YORK SEX CRIMES SQUAD.

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE DETAILS THE EFFORTS OF TWO DETECTIVES, ONE OF WHOM IS FEMALE TO FIND THREE SUSPECTS IN TWO SEPARATE RAPE CASES. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE NEED TO HAVE WOMEN TO INTERROGATE RAPE VICTIMS. IT IS ALSO SHOWN HOW HARD IT IS TO PROSECUTE A RAPE SUSPECT BY RECOUNTING SOME OF THE REQUIRED RULES OF EVIDENCE.