
Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice
Susan Caringella(Author)
Columbia University Press
Will be published approx. on 20. November 2008
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-231-13424-8 (ISBN)
Description
The first comprehensive book on rape since Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will and Susan Estrich's Real Rape, this volume probes every aspect of rape law and the discrepancies between ideal law (on the books) and real law (in action). Susan Caringella canvasses the success and failure of reform in the United States, as well as Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, and assesses alternative perspectives on rape reform, making use of theoretical models, court cases and statistical data. She uniquely delineates a creative model for change while addressing the discretion that undermines efforts at change. This includes charging the accused and plea bargaining, confronting a lack of transparency and accountability in implementing law, and acquiring funding for such changes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Trade binding
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Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-13424-8 (9780231134248)
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Person
Susan Caringella is a professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice Program, and of Gender and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University. An internationally renowned expert on rape, feminism, and criminology, she is deputy editor of the Journal of Women and Criminal Justice and an editorial board member for the Journal of Violence Against Women and Feminist Criminology.
Content
Contents Acknowledgments 1. Background to Rape Reform 2. Legal Chnage Sweeps the Nation 3. Failures and Successes 4. Avenues for and Attitudes About Victims 5. The Legal Landscape 6. Affirmative Consent Reform Models 7. Consent and Voluntariness, Agreement/Nonconsent and Involuntariness, Nonagreement 8. Presumptive Nonagreement 9. Mens Rea 10. Applying Recklessness and Negligence 11. Defenses 12. Sexual Assault Under Duress and Fraud 13. Reforming Rape Reforms: Outline of the Model Array 14. Discussion of the Model Array 15. Advantages of a Paradigm Shift 16. Recommendations Complementing the Model Rape Law 17. Moving Forward: Social Institutions, Structures, and Processes Notes, 291 References, 317 Index, 331