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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... trial of Bishop Hubert O'Connor . As vari- ous advocates have pointed out , the use of such private records is restricted al- most exclusively to sexual offense trials ( Oleskiw and Tellier 1997 , 5 : Busby 1997 , 148–52 ) . Oleskiw and ...
... trial court judges ' discretionary power can have on how victims are viewed and treated in the courtroom , it is perplexing that research literature examining the phenomenon is scant . This section overviews the lim- ited literature ...
... trial because the com- plainant rather than the defendant is on trial . Although legal reforms have abol- ished corroboration requirements , restricted cross - examination on sexual history , and abrogated the doctrine of recent ...
Contents
The Measurement of Rape | 7 |
Debra S Kelley | 15 |
Biology Sex and the Debate over Chemical Castration | 35 |
Copyright | |
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