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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... sex act as the sexual penetration of a female by a male , no matter how slight ( Langston 1998 ) . To establish this element , sexual penetration be- tween the male sex organ and female vagina ( sexual intercourse ) had to be proven ...
... sex act occurs anyway ( An- derson 1998 ) . On the other hand , some courts are finding that an act of penetra- tion is enough force to convict a defendant . The victim's ability to express consent is irrelevant when the totality of the ...
... sexual conduct ( Byrnes 1998 ) . For example , in some doctor - patient rape cases , doctors who had sexual inter- course with their patients after misrepresenting the therapeutic value of the sex act and persuading the patients that ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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