Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Special Populations
- Victims of Rape
- Complications During Investigation process
- Victims may be scared to talk because of
the possible outcome
- not wanting to relive the
incident mentally
- Victim may not remember timeline, incident
or perpetrator due to trauma, anxiety or
blacking out during the incident
- Problems Police Encounter
- victims retracting statements
- Victim credibility
- waiting too long to
report the incident (rape
kit cant be done)(clothes
might have be thrown
out or washed)
- The best practices to use as an investigator is to ensure (1) the victim is comfortable (2) Victim may be more comfortable with
a certain gender (3) interview should be non-judgmental (4) Allow victim to provide information in an uninterrupted manner
(5) Allow a support person, if needed