Gateway to Justice: Police and Prosecutorial Response to Sexual Assaults against Women
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Wayne A. Kerstetter, Gateway to Justice: Police and Prosecutorial Response to Sexual Assaults against Women, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), Vol. 81, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 267-313
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Entering the criminal justice system often represents a gateway to specialist support.
“While entering the criminal justice system often represents a gateway to specialist support [66]”
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“While entering the criminal justice system often represents a gateway to specialist support [66], frustration and regret reported by participants reflected evidence of institutional betrayal trauma [67] often reported by service organisation who support men with lived experiences of abuse [50].”
- Authors
- Kerstetter, W. A.
- Affiliations
- American Bar Foundation (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kerstetter, Wayne A.
- Venue
- The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-)
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1990
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 267
- ISSN
- 0091-4169 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2194525643
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 6.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-) (publishedVersion)
- bepress Legal Repository (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- American Bar Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Law and Evidence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Law and Policy
- Keywords
- sexual assault, women, law enforcement response, criminal justice system, victimization
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