Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Beck, J C
• Borenstein, N
• Dreyfus, J

Titel

The relationship between verdict, defendant characteristics, and type of crime in sex-related criminal cases

Ist Teil von

• Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1986, Vol.14 (2), p.141

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

1986

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In an earlier study, we unexpectedly found that defendants charged with sex crimes were four times less likely to be convicted than were all other defendants. We now report that failure to convict for rape was associated with failure to come to trial and that minor sex crimes were tried, but often continued without a finding, even when the judge found sufficient facts to make a guilty finding. Whether a minor crime involved a victim and whether the defendant has a criminal record both relate to verdict, but psychiatric history did not. The implications for understanding "acquittal of the guilty" are discussed.