Reducing Gender Bias in Sexual Assault Response and Investigation - Part 2

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April 15, 2020

Mike Crumrine — **Sergeant Michael Crumrine**
Sergeant, Austin Police Department

**Heather Huhtanen**
Gender Equality Consultant/Trainer

Systematic, thorough, and impartial law enforcement investigations must seek to avoid drawing on gender-based stereotypes and attitudes at every step of the process. This is why the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published groundbreaking guidance for law enforcement in 2015, entitled, Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence.

In this 2-part webinar series, we will explore the phenomenon of gender bias, both explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious), and the resulting stereotypes and attitudes that can influence the professional response to, and investigation of, sexual assault. Many of the same principles apply to cases of intimate partner violence and other gender-based violence.

In Part 1, we begin by introducing the concept of implicit bias, and then address key questions about how this can influence sexual assault dynamics and responses. For example, we will examine the relationship between gender bias and victim selection at the time of the sexual assault.

In Part 2, we resume this discussion with an exploration of how gender bias affects victim blaming after the sexual assault. We will also evaluate how gender bias plays a critical role in the designation of false reports in cases of sexual assault, and consider the intersection of gender bias and victim recantations. The presentation concludes with recommendations for reducing the effect of gender bias in these cases.

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As a result of this webinar, participants will be better able to:

Analyze how gender bias can play a role in blaming victims for their sexual assault.
Explore how gender bias play a role in yielding reluctant and recanting victims.
Examine the relationship between gender bias and ideas about false reporting of sexual assault, and the detection of deception based on victim behaviors.
Describe policies and practices that can help to avoid gender bias and improve criminal justice responses to sexual assault, particularly law enforcement investigations.

With a paid registration or subscription, you are free to personally listen to this webinar, as many times as you wish. You may also excerpt or cite the material following accepted conventions. However, you may not allow other individuals to listen to this webinar without their own registration or subscription.

This project is supported by Grant No. 2016-TA-AX-K010 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

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