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Item Ms.Garza, Alondra Denise; Franklin, Cortney AThe manner in which police respond to sexual assault survivors warrants further attention given increasingly negative attention for sexual assault case attrition. Shortcomings surrounding police responses to sexual assault survivors may, in part, be the result of rape myth endorsement. The current study utilized a purposive sample of 523 self-report, paper-and-pencil surveys administered to commissioned police officers at one of the fifth largest U.S. cities. The objective of the study was to assess to what degree police personnel adhered to rape myths and whether officer sex, educational attainment, years of service, prior specialized sexual assault training, and the number of sexual assault calls responded to in the previous 12 months influenced their endorsement of rape myths. In addition, this study examined police officer preparedness in responding to sexual assault calls for service, while accounting for officer sex, rape myth endorsement, and prior specialized sexual assault training. Implications for policy, practice, and future research are discussed.Item "Real Rape" and "Real Victims:" Revisiting Police Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Case Processing(2022-05-01T05:00:00.000Z) Garza, Alondra Denise; Franklin, Cortney A; Ingram, Jason R; Zhang, Yan; Bouffard, Leana APolice discretionary decision-making in sexual assault case processing has received considerable empirical attention for several decades. This has been, in part, the result of substantial case attrition, where many sexual assault cases will not proceed through the criminal legal system after a victim reports. Limited studies have focused on earlier police decisions that precede arrest as a potential pathway for case attrition. The current study used 465 sexual assault cases reported to a large, urban police department, located in one of the fifth largest and most diverse U.S. cities to examine the role of victim race and ethnicity, along with victim, suspect, and case factors that represent the “real rape” stereotype on police officers’ decision to: 1) assign a sexual assault case to an investigator and 2) the time to investigator assignment. Theoretical and research considerations, policy implications, and directions for future research are discussed.