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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... occurred in 1999 for a total of 201 , 000 rape case ( BJS 2000 ) . Survey data from the National Violence Against Women Survey ( NVAW ) sup- ported that 1 in every six women within the United States has experienced ei- ther a completed ...
... occurred . The likelihood of violence is greater among younger women than older women as evidenced by the fact that the National Survey of Adolescents found that 13 percent of adolescent women had experienced sex- ual violence at some ...
... occurred within the last six months . Initial decisions regarding the use of appro- priate reference periods and other techniques to better enable respondent recall were based on studies that revealed that victims of crime had a ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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