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) |
 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.
