Community Supervision of Criminalized Survivors
This workshop was recorded live on June 27, 2025. Significant strides have been made in the criminal justice response to…
Sexual Assault by Law Enforcement
Published by: Andrea Ritchie
Through research conducted as a Soros Justice Fellow, Andrea Ritchie determined that 52 percent of 35 police departments surveyed in the U.S. do not have a policy addressing or preventing sexual violence by police officers, despite the issuance of a 2011 guidance on the subject by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Even policies that do exist are limited in scope and application – some consist of a single line noting that on-duty sexual misconduct is prohibited, but fail to define misconduct or the administrative or legal consequences thereof.