PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Beck, James C.
AU  - Borenstein, Neal
AU  - Dreyfus, Jennifer
TI  - The Relationship between Verdict, Defendant Characteristics, and Type of Crime in Sex-related Criminal Cases
DP  - 1986 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 141--146
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/14/2/141.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/14/2/141.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1986 Jun 01; 14
AB  - In an earlier study, we unexpectedly found that defendants charged with sex crimes were four times less likely to be convicted than were all other defendants. We now report that failure to convict for rape was associated with failure to come to trial and that minor sex crimes were tried, but often continued without a finding, even when the judge found sufficient facts to make a guilty finding. Whether a minor crime involved a victim and whether the defendant has a criminal record both relate to verdict, but psychiatric history did not. The implications for understanding “acquittal of the guilty” are discussed.