POLS 4900 Lecture 10: POLS 4100 Lecture 10_0

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 4900
• Professor: Duada

Document Summary

Part 1: the second rape (how cjs processes fails to protect sexual assault victims) Ncvs: no questions directly about rape or attempted rape. Canadian urban victimization survey: more direct, screening questions that specify and attack including rape and molesting. Independent feminist research: raised questions about validity and reliability of gov surveys. National violence against women survey: stats can, broad range of questions on sexual harassment, assault, and intimate partner violence. Law reform: level 1: undefined (anything other than level 2 or 3, level 2: sexual assaults that occur with a weapon, cause for threat, bodily harm, or with another person, level 3: aggravated assault. Cost/ benefit to reporting: sexual assaults reported more likely to conform to real rape", women who hold stereotypical beliefs less likely to define own experience as sexual assault. Methodology: trial transcripts used to highlight experiences in court. Advantages: accuracy to recount the proceedings, reveals trauma that is experienced.