Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking
This book aims to take stock of current thinking and research about rape and the way it is handled in practice within the criminal justice system, and to challenge some of the widely held but inaccurate beliefs about rape. It brings together leading researchers in the field from psychology, sociology and law, considering new research and presenting new data from a strong theoretical and contextual base.
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- Full title :Rape : Challenging Contemporary Thinking.
Summary
This book aims to take stock of current thinking and research about rape and the way it is handled in practice within the criminal justice system, and to challenge some of the widely held but inaccurate beliefs about rape. It brings together leading researchers in the field from psychology, sociology and law, considering new research and presenting new data from a strong theoretical and contextual base.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Willan Pub
- Place of Publication:Uffculme
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (381 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781843927129, 1843927128
- oclc:ocn609853471
- LC Classification:HV6558
- Dewey Decimal:364.1532
Table of Contents
Prelims; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Setting the scene: introduction to understanding rape; Part 1 Processes and Representations; Chapter 2 Rape myth acceptance; Chapter 3 Anger, disgust and sexual crimes; Chapter 4 Rape in the media; Chapter 5 Sexual scripts, sexual refusals and rape; Part 2 Victim Vulnerabilities; Chapter 6 Alcohol and drugs in rape and sexual assault; Chapter 7 Narratives of survival; Chapter 8 Invaded spaces and feeling dirty.
Chapter 9 Reviewing rape and rape allegations in LondonPart 3 The Criminal Justice System; Chapter 10 Seeking proof or truth; Chapter 11 Police interviews of rape victims; Chapter 12 A vicious cycle?; Chapter 13 Addressing the attitude problem in rape trials; Part 4 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 14 Do you believe her and is it a real rape?; Index.
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