Addressing rape reform in law and practice /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caringella, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Rape > United States.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
LAW > Gender & the Law.
Rape.
Verkrachting.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background to rape reform
  • Legal change sweeps the nation
  • Failures and successes
  • Avenues for and attitudes about victims
  • The legal landscape
  • Affirmative consent reform models
  • Consent and voluntariness, agreement/nonconsent and involuntariness, nonagreement
  • Presumptive nonagreement
  • Mens Rea
  • Applying recklessness and negligence
  • Defenses
  • Sexual assault under duress and fraud
  • Reforming rape reforms : outline of the model array
  • Discussion of the model array
  • Advantages of a paradigm shift
  • Recommendations complementing the model rape law
  • Moving forward : social institutions, structures, and processes.

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