Circumstances, policing, and attrition of multiple compared to single perpetrator rape cases within the South African criminal justice system

Table 4 Case attrition of MPRs and SPRs

	Total		SPR			MPR
	N	%	N	Overall^a %	Specificstage^b %	N	Overall^c %	Specific stage^d %	P value
Total cases opened	3952	100	3278	100		674	100
Perpetrator arrested or charged	2283	56.9	2034	61	61.0	249	36.4	36.4	< 0.0001
Cases closed by police without being referred to prosecutors	1373	35.3	1059	33.3	33.3	314	45.2	45.2	< 0.0001
Cases referred by police to prosecutors	2579	64.7	2219	66.7	66.7	360	54.8	54.8	< 0.0001
Cases accepted by prosecutors and put on court roll	1362	33.8	1182	35.1	53.3	180	27.3	50.0	0.0007
Cases taken to trial	731	17.8	662	19.2	56.0	69	10.6	38.3	< 0.0001
Cases finalised: guilty sexual offence conviction (guilty pleas and convictions)	307	8	278	8.8	42.0	29	4.4	42.0	< 0.0001

^aadenominator = total SPR sample size = 3278
^badenominator = only the MPR cases that made it to the stage. This excludes those dropped prior to current stage
^cadenominator = total MPR sample size = 674
^dadenominator = only the MPR cases that made it to the stage. This excludes those dropped prior to current stage

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