What Rape?. Jeremy Kohler.
by Kohler, Jeremy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 62Institutions. Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Criminal investigation | Criminal statistics | Memorandums | Police -- Records and correspondence | Police reports | Rape | Rape victims | Saint Louis (Mo.)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "St. Louis police report far fewer rapes than other cities. Why? Officers write memos instead of incident reports for some rapes. Others, police count in a category of minor crimes that are not reported to the FBI." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article investigates the St. Louis Police Department's practice of reporting sex crimes, revealing that the police "often violate FBI rules...by relegating many cases--crimes that other departments call rapes--to a lesser crime category not included in national figures."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: What Rape?, Jan. 17, 2005; pp. n.p..
"St. Louis police report far fewer rapes than other cities. Why? Officers write memos instead of incident reports for some rapes. Others, police count in a category of minor crimes that are not reported to the FBI." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article investigates the St. Louis Police Department's practice of reporting sex crimes, revealing that the police "often violate FBI rules...by relegating many cases--crimes that other departments call rapes--to a lesser crime category not included in national figures."
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