Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and CanadaJames F. Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley Bloomsbury Academic, 2002 - 246 pages Drawing on the most recent studies, this collection of articles assesses and evaluates current criminal justice responses, policies, and practices regarding sexual violence in the United States and Canada. Focusing on methodological and ideological issues, rape law reform, criminal justice responses, social contexts of sexual assault, and community responses, authors from the fields of sociology, criminal justice, law, counseling, anthropology, biology, and psychology provide detailed studies of the problems and challenges involved in this very sensitive and important issue. The broad perspective provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the current state of criminal justice responses to sexual assault as well as the changes and progress being made in the area. By providing such extensive coverage, the volume also offers readers a guide to the very nature and extent of sexual violence and its consequences. |
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... NCVS design because of the ability to reach groups who are known to have higher victimization rates , those without telephones . The NCVS has a much larger sample size than the NVAW . Sample size is ex- tremely important in surveys that ...
... NCVS design have echoed the sentiments expressed by Lynch ( 1996a , 129 ) in stating that the con- text of NCVS as a crime survey may inhibit reporting of " grey area events where the circumstances do not conform to our stereotypic ...
... NCVS , numerous commentaries on its design over the years have noted that the " full potential of the victimization survey method " will not be realized until NCVS moves more fully away from the need to " mimic " features of the UCR ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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