“We Can’t Work With Them, We Can’t Work Without Them”: The Police-Victim Advocacy Nexus in Processing Sexual Offenses in the Nigerian Justice System

IF 2.1 3区 心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Richard Abayomi Aborisade, Oladele Adelere Adeleke, Urowoli Christiana Ebobo, Folorunsho Muyideen Ogunmefun, Lydia Isioma Chineyemba, Niyi Adegoke, Samuel Sunday Adedayo
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Previous studies posited that survivors of rape receive better treatment from the police when advocates are involved and the police embrace collaboration. However, the collaborative relationship between the Nigerian police and rape victim advocates has yet to receive scholarly attention. To address this, a qualitative study was conducted, with 24 police officers of sexual offense units in six Police Commands, and 50 rape victim advocates from 28 advocacy groups. A thematic analysis of the narratives was carried out. Findings indicated problematic police-advocate collaboration in the process of reporting, interviewing, investigating, and prosecuting rape cases. Advocates stated that officers exhibited rape myth acceptance. Officers stated that advocates often display aggressive approaches in interfering with interviews, are ignorant of police procedures, and often wrongly accuse officers of corrupt practices. These findings have important practical, policy, and further research implications if criminal justice efficiencies and ideal victim support services are to be achieved.
"我们不能与他们合作,也不能没有他们:尼日利亚司法系统在处理性犯罪时警察与受害人之间的联系
以往的研究表明,当倡导者参与其中且警方接受合作时,强奸幸存者会得到警方更好的对待。然而,尼日利亚警方与强奸受害者代言人之间的合作关系尚未得到学术界的关注。为了解决这个问题,我们与六个警察司令部性犯罪部门的 24 名警官和来自 28 个倡导团体的 50 名强奸受害者倡导者进行了一项定性研究。对叙述进行了专题分析。研究结果表明,在报告、面谈、调查和起诉强奸案件的过程中,警方与倡导者之间的合作存在问题。倡导者指出,警官表现出对强奸神话的接受。警官表示,辩护律师在干扰面谈时经常表现出咄咄逼人的态度,对警方程序一无所知,并且经常错误地指责警官的腐败行为。如果要实现刑事司法效率和理想的受害者支持服务,这些发现具有重要的实践、政策和进一步研究意义。
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期刊介绍: Criminal Justice and Behavior publishes articles examining psychological and behavioral aspects of the juvenile and criminal justice systems. The concepts "criminal justice" and "behavior" should be interpreted broadly to include analyses of etiology of delinquent or criminal behavior, the process of law violation, victimology, offender classification and treatment, deterrence, and incapacitation.
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