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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... rules that focus on the sufficiency of victims ' ability to resist the sex act should not disadvantage acquaintance rape victims . As Daphne Edwards ( 1996 , 300 ) stated : " It is the violation , not the violence , that is criminal ...
... rules that teach men that " No " means that a woman is really saying " Yes " to a sex act ( Malm 1996 ) . Legal ... rules that placed undue burdens on victims . Rules that women had to promptly report or have corroborating evidence and ...
... rules , employed in various guises by defense counsel , woven into judicial decisions , and inscribed in legis- lation and procedural guidelines , notions of women's sexual and emotional proclivities have rendered sexual assault trials ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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