Book Review: The city that became safe: New York’s lessons for urban crime and its control

Abstract

intimate partner violence. Of important note in this chapter is the need to look at sexual assault and intimate partner violence together because it often occurs simultaneously instead of addressing them separately.Cassia Spohn and Katherine Tellis focus on the intricate process of decision making in sexual assault cases is though provoking, troubling as well as inspiring. As the title of the last chapter states, it is time to take sexual assault seriously. Although their research captures how intimate partner and sexual assault violence is often misconstrued in the justice system, it provides advice as how to make it better. The suggestions of more training and specialized units are wonderful recommendations that any city should embrace. It illustrates why so many cases do not go through the system and how it relates back to fundamental issues surrounding sexual victimization such as ''real rape'' stereotypes and personal perceptions of how a survivor must act in order to be considered a legitimate victim. This work could be the catalyst to change perceptions within the justice system as well as to start implementation of training for those who work within the justice system.