Questioning Survivors of Sexual Assault: Overcoming Implicit Bias

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dc.contributor.authorFairley-Beam, Iris
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-21T19:37:49Z
dc.date.available2019-04-21T19:37:49Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-04-21
dc.description.abstractDespite legal reforms in Canada in the 80’s and 90’s that aimed to increase protection of sexual assault survivors and decrease bias in the justice system’s handling of their cases, underreporting has largely persisted. Real and perceived police attitudes may contribute to this lack of reporting, as they are oftentimes the first point of contact a survivor has with the criminal justice system. Research has found that many police officers have an implicit bias against survivors of sexual assault, questioning them as one might expect them to question a suspect, with suspicion and skepticism. This project identifies three main contributing factors to officer’s implicit bias: a lack of understanding of current Canadian sexual assault laws, misinformation about how trauma affects behaviour and memory, and police training that implicitly or explicitly promotes the belief in rape myths. A multi-faceted approach to combatting implicit bias with regards to sexual assault is outlined, which incorporates training and education (including trauma-informed interviewing), structural guidelines and procedures to inhibit implicit bias, and some advice from Virtue Ethics and practical wisdom.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJCURA Dr. Scott Woodcocken_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10732
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJCURAen_US
dc.subjectsexual assaulten_US
dc.subjectsexualized violenceen_US
dc.subjectimplicit biasen_US
dc.subjectpolice attitudesen_US
dc.subjectpractical wisdomen_US
dc.subjecttrauma-informeden_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.titleQuestioning Survivors of Sexual Assault: Overcoming Implicit Biasen_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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