Police are central to the statutory response to sexual violence, shaping the direction an investigation may take. Evidence provided by victims is also key to the processing of sexual assault cases. From a 2013 comparative qualitative study involving interviews with police officers in one province in Canada (n = 11) and one region in Scotland (n = 10) who investigate such cases, we discovered striking unanticipated differences between the two groups in terms of how they perceived victims and the evidence they provide. This paper presents a thematic analysis of these data and considers possible implications and explanations.

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[De]-以受害者为中心：警方通过证据收集和处理的比较镜头对性暴力受害者的看法

警察是应对性暴力的法定反应的核心，决定着调查的方向。受害者提供的证据也是处理性侵犯案件的关键。2013 年的一项比较定性研究涉及对 调查此类案件的加拿大一个省 ( n  = 11) 和苏格兰一个地区 ( n = 10) 的警察进行采访，我们发现这两组之间在他们如何处理这些案件方面存在显着的出乎意料的差异。感知的受害者及其提供的证据。本文对这些数据进行了专题分析，并考虑了可能的影响和解释。