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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... issue of sexual motivation because , as argued by Muehlenhard et al . ( 1996 , 130 ) , " the extent that men's sexual arousal to rape cues precipitates rape , assessment and treatment of such sexual arousal may help prevent rape ...
... issue of power . Through this view of rape , it is not simply a response to the pains of imprisonment but an act of vio- lence perpetrated to dominate and exert some form of control in an institution that offers little individuality or ...
... issues of force and consent are intertwined within the mens rea ( mental state ) issue of rape . The criminal law was founded upon a basic principle that the state should not punish persons unless they are " blamewor- thy ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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