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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... Cyber Rape , ” Livy A. Visano examines the Internet as a site for new forms of rape . As the Internet becomes more and more at the center of our so- cial , cultural , and work lives , its influence on promoting violence against women ...
... Cyber Rape Livy A. Visano Rape is ... nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear . Susan Brownmiller ( 1975 , 58 ) INTRODUCTION : CULTURE ... Cyber Rape Livy A Visano.
... cyber rape , it is necessary to understand how this phenomenon is contextualized culturally , mediated po- litically , and legitimated legally . An understanding of the way in which women are culturally perceived is crucial ... Cyber Rape 65.
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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