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Women and Gender Study

How Gender Bias Undermines Law Enforcement Agencies' Response to Sexual Assault and

Domestic Violence.

In policing, gender bias occurs when the police officers misclassify sexual or

domestic assaults, concluding inappropriately that sexual assault cases are unfound, failing to

test sexual assault kits, and interrogating rather than interviewing victims and witnesses.

From the survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, it was found out that ninety percent of all rape cases involved female

victims and that nearly one in five women in the united states have been raped. In the United

States of America, it is averaged that three women die per day as a result of domestic

violence and for such incidence, for every one woman killed in a domestic violence

homicide, nine more are critically injured.

Principles to help the law enforcing agencies keep the assaulted victims safe while holding

the offenders accountable

1. Recognize and address biases, assumptions, and stereotypes about victims.

2. Treat all victims with respect and employ interviewing tactics that encourage a victim

to participate and provide facts about the incident.

3. Investigate sexual assault or domestic violence complaints thoroughly and effectively.

4. Appropriately classify reports of sexual assault or domestic violence.

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5. Refer victims to appropriate services.

6. Properly identify the assailant in domestic violence incidents.

Hold officers who commit sexual assault or domestic violence accountable.

Such principles will be effective if implemented since there will be clear policies about

proper handling of sexual assault and domestic violence crimes and officers will be trained

about effective responses to sexual assault and domestic violence crimes.

How the information on identifying and preventing gender bias relate to Kat Jackson

Bystander effect

The information in the article on how to deal with rape and assault contradicts Kat

Jackson Bystander effect. Bystander effect sends a message that people should not rape nor

should they get raped. This implies that it is the collective responsibility of society to deal

with rape at large. For instance, Christian Garcia stands up for a woman who was being

intoxicated and assaulted until the perpetrator was handcuffed. Brock Turner was sentenced

to assaulting a woman, an incident where he was caught by two bystanders. However, a

bystander was faced with the challenge of reporting cases where the assault occurs between

peers for the fear of them being tinted.

1. Law enhancing agencies will benefit from the Kat Jackson bystander effect by,

2. Encouraging the public to take part in the campaign against rape and violent crimes.

3. Teaching the whole society to abide by the law and be the neighbor's keeper.

4. Incorporating good virtues the students.