Objectives

Examine the effect of a 40-h police sexual assault training and individual-level impulsivity on officers’ intention to make an arrest and the importance placed on using procedural justice when interacting with victims.

Methods

Training courses were randomly assigned to the treatment and control groups. Vignettes depicting sexual assault reports were randomly assigned to participants (N=318) in each group. Vignette manipulations were randomized by victim-offender relationship (stranger/non-stranger) and rape myth acceptance (present/not present/ambiguous).

Results

Training increased officers’ intentions to arrest. Training and lower impulsivity increased the importance officers placed on using procedural justice. Vignette manipulations were not significantly correlated with either outcome. Impulsivity did not moderate—or change—training effects.

Conclusions

Sexual assault training can increase officers’ self-reported intentions to arrest and the perceived importance placed on using procedural justice in interactions with victims. This finding is important as prior research demonstrated that using procedural justice principles can improve victim engagement with investigators.

中文翻译：

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警察性侵犯调查培训、冲动和警官逮捕和使用程序正义的意图：一项随机实验

目标

检查 40 小时警察性侵犯培训和个人冲动对警察逮捕意图的影响，以及在与受害者互动时使用程序正义的重要性。

方法

培训课程被随机分配到治疗组和对照组。描绘性侵犯报告的小插曲被随机分配给每组参与者（ N = 318）。小插曲操作根据受害人-罪犯关系（陌生人/非陌生人）和强奸神话接受度（存在/不存在/模棱两可）随机分配。

结果

培训增加了警官的逮捕意图。培训和较低的冲动增加了官员对使用程序正义的重视。小插图操作与任一结果均无显着相关性。冲动并没有缓和或改变训练效果。

结论

性侵犯培训可以增加警官自我报告的逮捕意图，以及在与受害者互动时使用程序正义的重要性。这一发现很重要，因为之前的研究表明，使用程序正义原则可以改善受害者与调查人员的接触。