The Rape Squad Files: Turnaround for a Troubled Unit--From Old.... Craig R. McCoy.
by McCoy, Craig R; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 75Institutions. Publisher: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) | Police | Police charges | Police misconduct | Rape -- Investigation | Rape victimsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Roscoe Cofield says some women lie about being raped. He had a joke name for the Philadelphia police sex crimes unit, where he worked for nine years: 'The Lying Bitches Unit,' Cofield says he called it. He was the unit's assigned investigator in 1995 when a 13-year-old girl named Kelly reported that she had been raped. He wrote off her complaint as something less than a crime." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article addresses the mishandling of rape complaints by the Philadelphia rape squad.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
High School - old - to delete | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 75 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Browsing High School - old - to delete Shelves Close shelf browser
| No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | ||
| REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 73 The Graying of American Prisons: Addressing the Continued Increase.... | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 74 Inside the DNA Labs. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 75 The Rape Squad Files: Turnaround for a Troubled Unit--Rape Unit.... | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 75 The Rape Squad Files: Turnaround for a Troubled Unit--From Old.... | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 76 Breaking the Rules. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 77 Behavior May Leave a Mark on Genes. | REF SIRS 2004 Institutions Article 78 The Texas Clemency Memos. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: The Rape Squad Files: Turnaround for a Troubled Unit--From Old..., June 23, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Roscoe Cofield says some women lie about being raped. He had a joke name for the Philadelphia police sex crimes unit, where he worked for nine years: 'The Lying Bitches Unit,' Cofield says he called it. He was the unit's assigned investigator in 1995 when a 13-year-old girl named Kelly reported that she had been raped. He wrote off her complaint as something less than a crime." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article addresses the mishandling of rape complaints by the Philadelphia rape squad.
Records created from non-MARC resource.
There are no comments for this item.