| Title |
Assessing Police Classifications of Sexual Assault Reports: A Meta-Analysis of False Reporting Rates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-015-0666-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Claire E. Ferguson, John M. Malouff |
| Abstract |
The objective of the study was to determine, through meta-analysis, the rate of confirmed false reports of sexual assault to police. The meta-analysis initially involved a search for relevant articles. The search identified seven studies where researchers or their trained helpers evaluated reported sexual assault cases to determine the rate of confirmed false reports. The meta-analysis calculated an overall rate and tested for possible moderators of effect size. The meta-analytic rate of false reports of sexual assault was .052 (95 % CI .030, .089). The rates for the individual studies were heterogeneous, suggesting the possibility of moderators of rate. However, the four possible moderators examined-year of publication, whether the data set used had information in addition to police reports, whether the study was completed in the U.S. or elsewhere, and whether inter-rater reliabilities were reported-were all not significant. The meta-analysis of seven relevant studies shows that confirmed false allegations of sexual assault made to police occur at a significant rate. The total false reporting rate, including both confirmed and equivocal cases, would be greater than the 5 % rate found here. |
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| United States | 33 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 5% |
| Australia | 5 | 4% |
| Argentina | 5 | 4% |
| Belgium | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Unknown | 61 | 47% |
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| Members of the public | 118 | 91% |
| Scientists | 7 | 5% |
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| Researcher | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
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| Social Sciences | 15 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 6% |
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| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 24 | 30% |
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