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Overview
Investigating Sexual Assault Cases, Second Edition serves as an essential textbook for courses in investigating rape and sexual assault. As with the first edition, this second edition includes the latest research and techniques in coverage of victimology, offender typology, investigative techniques, interviewing, and legal implications.
This new, second edition includes chapters on child victims and molestation, sexual homicides as potentially staged events, grooming, interviewing techniques, and same-sex, elder, and special populations as victims of sexual assault. The book fills a current void in the body of literature on the topics of rape and sex crime investigation. Many previous writings, while informative, do not address all the investigative processes necessary for an investigation to be thorough and complete. By providing a fresh approach to the topic, the author aims to augment those writings and, ultimately, improving the reader' awareness by being much more attuned to the needs of--and taking investigative cures from--the victim.
Key Features:
In addition to being used in coursework in Forensic Science and Criminal justice programs, Investigating Sexual Assault Cases, Second Edition will serve as an essential reference for police detectives, criminal and death investigators, legal professionals, sexual assault nurses, and those who provide health, and mental health, services to populations experiencing sexual assault.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032140513 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 12/27/2021 |
| Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
| Pages: | 532 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Arthur S. Chancellor began his law enforcement career in 1973 when he enlisted in the US Army as a
Military Policeman. He remained in the MPs until 1981 when he was accepted into the US Army
Criminal Investigation Division (CID) program as a Special Agent. As a CID Special Agent, Steve
worked on felony crimes at various military posts across the United States and overseas. He later
commanded three diff erent CID units and in 2001 retired as a Chief Warrant Offi cer Four as the
Operations Offi cer for a CID battalion where he was responsible for the supervision of fi ve diff erent
CID units and covered an eleven- state area of responsibility. Once retired Steve was employed by
the Mississippi State Crime Lab as a senior crime scene analyst and conducted the examination of
violent crime scenes across the state of Mississippi. In 2004 Steve was transferred from the crime
lab to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) as the fi rst director of the MBI Cold Case
Unit, responsible for assisting police agencies across the state working on unresolved homicides.
While working at the Crime lab and MBI, Steve helped develop several diff erent training courses
for the Mississippi State Police Academy covering topics that included basic and advanced crime
scenes, death investigations, and adult sex crimes. Steve was also involved in the development
and as an instructor of the Certifi ed Investigator Program (CIP) at the MS State Police Academy.
Steve has a master's degree and undergrad degrees in criminal justice, is a graduate of the FBI
National Academy (Session 185), and has been a college adjunct instructor for Austin Peay State
University, Clarksville, Tennessee; University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi; and Clayton
State University, Morrow, Georgia. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Science,
and a member of the International Association for Identifi cation (IAI), the International Homicide
Investigators Association (IHIA), the North Carolina Homicide Investigators Association, and the
Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association. Steve is also the co- author of the books Staged
Crime Scenes: Investigating Suspect Misdirection of the Crime Scene and Death Investigations: 1 st
and 2 n d e ditions, and the author of I nvestigating Sexual Assault Cases .
Steve has also developed and instructs courses on Staged Crime Scenes, Adult Sex Crimes,
Death Investigation, and Basic and Advanced Crime Scene Examination.
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 Introduction to Rape and Sexual Assault 1
Historical Perspective 3
Extent of the Problem 13
The Unreported Crime 15
Clearance Rates and Prosecution 17
Conclusion 19
Further Reading 19
Chapter 2 The Female Victim 21
Before the Assault 21
During the Assault 22
After the Assault 25
Institutional Prejudices 28
Counterintuitive Victim Behaviors 32
Vicarious Victims 37
Summary 38
Chapter 3 Special Victims 39
Male Victims 39
Elderly as Victims of Sexual Assault 43
Mentally or Physically Disabled Victims 48
Other Status Victims 54
Conclusion 54
Further Reading 54
Chapter 4 The Victim Interview 55
Initial Steps 56
Victim Advocate 57
The Victim's Statement 60
The Interview Process 63
The Approach 68
Control 69
Use of Physical Force 71
Consent 73
Resistance 74
Type and Sequence of Sex Acts 77
Scripting 78
Sexual Dysfunction 80
Departure from the Scene 82
Trophies or Souvenirs 83
Description of the Offender 83
Overall Nature of the Offense 84
Summary 86
Further Reading 86
Chapter 5 Victimology 87
Risk Factors 88
Factual Information 90
Subjective Criteria 90
Victimology Information 92
Investigative Use of Victimology 95
Offender Risk 101
Criminal Investigative Analysis (CIA) and Sexual Homicides 102
Conclusions 106
Further Reading 106
Chapter 6 Human Sexuality 107
The Human Sex Drive 109
Sexual Behavior 111
Paraphilia 115
Summary 125
References 125
Chapter 7 Offender Typology 127
Rapist Typology 128
Rapist Typology 135
Conclusions 163
References 163
Chapter 8 Special Offenders 165
Acquaintance Rape 165
Date Rape 169
Juvenile Sexual Offenders 171
Female Sexual Offenders (FSOs) 176
Pedophiles and Child Molesters 185
Conclusion 190
References 190
Chapter 9 Offender Interview 191
Preparation 192
General Interrogation 195
Admissions 197
Denials 198
Confessions 199
The Interview Basics 199
Interrogation Techniques 205
Offender Statements 214
Conclusions 216
References 217
Chapter 10 The Crime Scene and Evidence 219
First Responders 220
The Canvass Interview 226
The Crime Scene 227
The Victim Examination 244
SANE Program 245
Associative Injuries 248
Male Victims 250
Suspect Examination 250
Conclusion 251
Chapter 11 Investigation 253
Latent Investigation 253
Known Offenders-Date or Acquaintance Rape 256
Unknown or Stranger Offenders 272
Forensic Evidence 273
Alibis 281
Timelines 282
Linking Cases Together 285
Conclusion 290
References 290
Chapter 12 Drug- and Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assaults 291
Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assaults (AFSAs) 292
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assaults (DFSAs) 302
DFSA and AFSA Victim and Crime Scene Examination 311
Offender Interviews 315
Conclusion 317
Further Reading 318
Chapter 13 False Rape Allegations 319
Historical Examples of False Complaints 320
Statistical Data: How Many False Complaints Are There? 321
The Dynamics and Range of False Rape Complaints 323
Being a Victim 331
Recognizing False Complaints 333
Victim's Description of the Events 339
Crime Scene Examination 346
Confronting the Victim 347
Conclusions 347
Further Reading 348
Chapter 14 Working with Prosecutors 349
The Prosecutor 349
Decision to Prosecute 353
Multiple Victims and Jurisdictions 358
Plea Bargaining 359
Stages of a Criminal Prosecution 360
Prosecution Problems with Sexual Assault Cases 368
Positives for Prosecutors 371
Sentencing 373
Appeal 373
Conclusion 374
Further Reading 374
Chapter 15 Common Investigative Mistakes 375
Failing to Believe the Victim 375
Handling the Victim 378
Failure to Properly Interview the Offender 379
Failure to Take Detailed Statements from All Witnesses 380
Failure to Seek Out Corroborating Evidence 381
Failure to Work with or Develop Working Relationships with Victim Advocates or SANE Practitioners 381
Developing Tunnel Vision 382
Conducting an Incomplete Investigation 384
Failure to Maintain Documentation 385
Failure to Follow Logical Leads 388
Failure to Validate Alibis or Statements 389
"He Said, She Said" Situations 391
Investigation Stopped Too Early and Failure to Coordinate with Prosecutors 391
Overdependence on Polygraph or Other "Truth" Devices 394
Overdependence on Forensic Evidence 395
Lack of Supervisory Oversight 398
Conclusion 400
Index 401