Sexual assault cases are almost never prosecuted, and even when they are, the chance of conviction and actual incarceration is extremely rare.
from a more recent study similarly confirm that “for every 100 rapes and sexual assaults of teenage girls and women reported to police, only 18 lead to an arrest.”
These three points in the criminal justice system’s response to sexual assaults represent the points in the investigation where cases are closed—and thus, points of attrition in the criminal justice system’s response to sexual assault.
Similar training for prosecutors will complement established law enforcement training protocols. Going forward, the legislative plan is to seek ways to reform both law enforcement and prosecutorial training to better serve sexual assault survivors and advance justice for those survivors. The unique nature of this legislative program lies in the fact that the case review program team will be examining both law enforcement and prosecutorial case files and then using those findings to reform law enforcement training. This sexual assault case review program will be conducted annually and will focus on a single jurisdiction within Washington State each year.
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