
Rape and the Legal Process
Jennifer Temkin(Author)
Oxford University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 5. December 2002
Book
Hardback
428 pages
978-0-19-876354-3 (ISBN)
Description
For several decades public disquiet has been intermittently but vehemently expressed about the crime of rape and the way it is handled by the criminal justice system. But in the new millennium the legal process still fails to provide an adequate response to sexual violation and abuse. Rape and the Legal Process examines some of the difficulties which this crime presents and analyses in detail how the legal system could and should be addressing them. Central issues considered include the experience of rape victims, their treatment by the police and the courts and the inadequacies of the present law and the rules of evidence surrounding it. Changes enacted in many different jurisdictions, such as schemes for legal representation for victims of sexual violence are evaluated. This is a clear, comprehensive, contextual analysis of the current law, highlighted by a considerable amount of comparative material and detailed proposals for change. It will be of interest to practising lawyers, social workers, forensic medical examiners, teachers and students of criminal law, criminology and criminal justice, gender studies and sociology.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-876354-3 (9780198763543)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Rape, Rape Victims and the Criminal Justice System; Defining and Redefining Rape; Alternative Approaches; Evidence; Assisting the Victims of Rape.