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BASE LINE DATA RELATING TO RAPE IN POLK COUNTY (IA)

NCJ Number
25970
Author(s)
T ISAAC
Date Published
1973
Length
31 pages
Annotation
NARRATIVE AND TABULAR DATA ON THE 71 REPORTS OF FORCIBLE RAPES RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE DES MOINES POLICE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN JANUARY 1973 AND APRIL 1974.
Abstract
THE 47 TABLES OF DATA (ALL DERIVED FROM DEPARTMENT CASE FILES AND ARREST RECORDS) CONTAIN INFORMATION ON THE VICTIM, THE OFFENDER, THE ATTACK ITSELF, THE POLICE PROCEDURES INVOLVED, AND THE CASES' FINAL DISPOSITION. ALSO INCLUDED IS A SAMPLE OF THE DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT DEVISED FOR THIS RESEARCH EFFORT.