Assessing Police Classifications of Sexual Assault Reports: A Meta-Analysis of False Reporting Rates.
Arch Sex Behav
; 45(5): 1185-93, 2016 07.
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ABSTRACT
The objective of the study was to determine, through meta-analysis, the rate of confirmed false reports of sexual assault to police. The meta-analysis initially involved a search for relevant articles. The search identified seven studies where researchers or their trained helpers evaluated reported sexual assault cases to determine the rate of confirmed false reports. The meta-analysis calculated an overall rate and tested for possible moderators of effect size. The meta-analytic rate of false reports of sexual assault was .052 (95 % CI .030, .089). The rates for the individual studies were heterogeneous, suggesting the possibility of moderators of rate. However, the four possible moderators examined-year of publication, whether the data set used had information in addition to police reports, whether the study was completed in the U.S. or elsewhere, and whether inter-rater reliabilities were reported-were all not significant. The meta-analysis of seven relevant studies shows that confirmed false allegations of sexual assault made to police occur at a significant rate. The total false reporting rate, including both confirmed and equivocal cases, would be greater than the 5 % rate found here.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Delitos Sexuales
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Decepción
Tipo de estudio:
Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Europa
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Sex Behav
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia