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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... force exerted . The Model Penal Code created three categories of rape depend- ing on the victim - offender relationship and the level of force used to " compel " a victim to submit . Consequently , victim resistance remained an issue as ...
... force ( Fried 1996 ; Murphy 1996 ; Scalo 1995 ) . An opposite conclusion was reached by at least two other appellate courts . The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the act of sexual penetration constituted enough force to prove rape ...
... force was exerted upon a victim becomes irrelevant . Under this view , courts may require that force used against a victim must be greater than that necessary to perform the penetration . Such force may be shown if a victim says " No ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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