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TABLE 3. Victim Preferences About and Evaluation of Criminal Justice Response in Target Incident, by Rereporting Status

Characteristic No new incident (Group 1) (N = 60) New incident reported (Group 2) (N = 25) New incident not reported (Group 3) (N = 34) {chi}2 p

Victim appraisal of police contact
    Victim did not want police to arrest defendant 41.7%a 28.0% 11.8%b 9.27 .010
    Felt that police actions decreased her safety 26.7 12.0a,b 36.4 4.37 .113
    Dissatisfied with police response 23.3 12.0 11.8 2.69 .260
Victim appraisal of prosecutor contact
    Victim did not want prosecution of defendant 36.7 24.0 42.4 2.17 .338
    Felt prosecutor's actions decreased her safety 1.7a,b 12.0 17.6 7.44 .024
    Wanted charges against defendant to be more severe 11.9 8.0 14.7 0.65 .724
    Wanted charges against defendant dropped/lowered 60.0 44.0 48.5 2.26 .323
    Victim felt the threat of prosecution made offender angry 25.0 28.0 29.4 0.24 .889
    Victim felt threat of prosecution scared the offender 51.7 40.0 38.2 1.95 .377
    Dissatisfied with actions of prosecutor 26.7 24.0 44.1 3.83 .148
Victim appraisal of court contact
    Victim felt actions of court decreased her safety 5.1a 20.0 17.2 3.56 .168
    Dissatisfied with actions of court 21.3 30.4 33.3 1.58 .453
Victim appraisal of overall criminal justice system contact
    Criminal justice intervention was confusing and difficult to understandc 63.0 85.7 55.6 1.73 .422
    Criminal justice intervention was too time consumingc 37.0 57.1 33.3 1.12 .570
    Criminal justice system should take a more therapeutic approach toward offender 38.3 36.0a 58.8 4.47 .107
    Victim has no say/rights in criminal justice process 18.3a 12.0a 55.9d 19.18 .001
    Victim dissatisfied with overall criminal justice response 18.3 7.4a,b 25.0 3.12 .206

a 2 x 2 cross-tabulation between this category and the "new incident, not reported" category reveals a statistically significant association between not reporting and this factor.

b Analysis of residuals indicates that the significant association between the variables is due to a lower than expected number of cases in this cell.

c These questions from a random sample (N = 43) of victim interviews which were administered to obtain greater detail about victim preferences and evaluations of contact with various sectors of the criminal justice system.

d Analysis of residuals indicates that the significant association between the variables is due to a higher than expected number of cases in this cell.





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