From crime scene actions in stranger rape to prediction of rapist type: single-victim or serial rapist?

The differences in crime scene actions in cases of stranger rape committed by convicted offenders were examined between 31 single-victim rapists and 35 serial rapists. Data were collected from police files, court verdicts, psychiatric evaluations, and criminal records. Findings indicate that the serial rapists were more criminally sophisticated than the single-victim rapists, during their first and second rapes.

Judges', lay judges', and police officers' beliefs about factors affecting children's testimony about sexual abuse.

The authors examined Swedish judges', lay judges', and police officers' beliefs about factors that may complicate or facilitate children's reports of sexual abuse. Participants (N = 562) rated potential complicating and facilitating factors and freely reported which criteria they considered important when assessing the reliability of child witnesses. The groups had similar opinions regarding which factors are complicating and facilitating.

Children exposed to obscene phone calls: what they remember and tell.

Objective: This case study examined children's reports from an obscene phone call (i.e., a verbal sexual abuse).