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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... Myths ingrained in the rituals and practices of religion , politics , and law have rendered " woman " and " sex " synonymous terms , ambivalently demonizing and idealizing female sexuality while projecting onto woman alone the social ...
... myths " for which sexual history evidence is explicitly excluded under s . 276 do not lend themselves to determining the facts or arriving at the truth of the alle- gations ; rather they risk " severely distorting " the trial process ...
... myths as well as sexist stereotypi- cal reasoning about rape , about women , and about women who have been raped . CONCLUSION This case study facilitated the disclosure of the systemic discriminatory pro- cess and practices as ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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