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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... Law Reform Frances P. Bernat INTRODUCTION The common law in the United States defined rape as the carnal knowledge of a female , not one's spouse , by force and ... act as the sexual penetration of a female Rape Law Reform Frances P Bernat.
... rape law reform : How far have we really come ? Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 84 : 554-74 . Berger , Ronald J. , W. Lawrence Neuman , and Patricia Searles . 1991. The social and political context of rape law reform : An ...
... Law Journal 20 : 247-66 . Gruber , Aya . 1997. Pink elephants in the rape trial : The problem of tort - type defenses in the criminal law of rape . William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law 4 : 203-62 . Harvard Law ... Rape Law Reform 99.
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
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