Abstract The classic rape scenario creates an expectation that “real rape” only occurs in the context of certain situational characteristics. These stereotyped expectations are attributed to the low rates of sexual assault reporting especially when compared to other violent crimes like robbery. However, the literature on sexual assault reporting has been divorced from the larger criminological literature on reporting with few comparisons to other types of crimes, therefore the uniqueness of these situational factors for sexual assault is unknown. Robbery is particularly well-suited for comparison to sexual assault due to the presence of situational characteristics similar to those of “real rape” and a lack of stereotyped expectations of victimization. Using logistic regression and multiequation probit modeling, this study employs the NCVS to explore the decision to report robberies and sexual assaults to police and the differences attributed to negative perceptions of police for nonreporters. We found that robberies were indeed more likely to reflect the classic scenario and thus more accurately reflect what is expected in the classic rape scenario. However, few differences were found in regards to the decision to report and reasons for nonreporting across classic scenario characteristics. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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将经典强奸场景应用于抢劫：对情境特征的检查并向警方报告受害情况

摘要 经典的强奸情景创造了一种预期，即“真正的强奸”只会发生在特定情境特征的背景下。这些刻板的期望归因于性侵犯报告率低，尤其是与抢劫等其他暴力犯罪相比。然而，关于性侵犯报告的文献已经脱离了关于报告的更大的犯罪学文献，很少与其他类型的犯罪进行比较，因此这些性侵犯的情境因素的独特性是未知的。由于存在类似于“真正强奸”的情境特征以及缺乏对受害的刻板预期，抢劫特别适合与性侵犯进行比较。使用逻辑回归和多方程概率模型，本研究采用 NCVS 来探讨向警方报告抢劫和性侵犯的决定以及归因于警察对非报告者的负面看法的差异。我们发现抢劫确实更可能反映经典场景，因此更准确地反映了经典强奸场景中的预期。然而，在报告的决定和经典情景特征的不报告原因方面几乎没有发现差异。讨论了未来研究的意义和方向。然而，在报告的决定和经典情景特征的不报告原因方面几乎没有发现差异。讨论了未来研究的意义和方向。然而，在报告的决定和经典情景特征的不报告原因方面几乎没有发现差异。讨论了未来研究的意义和方向。