Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom.

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Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taslitz, Andrew E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1999.
Colección:Critical America.
Temas:
Law reform > United States.
Adversary system (Law) > United States.
Rape > United States.
Droit > Réforme > États-Unis.
Système accusatoire (Droit) > États-Unis.
Adversary system (Law)
Law reform
Rape
Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz locates the cause of rape reform failure in the language lawyers use, and the cultural stories upon which they draw to dominate rape victims in the courtroom. Cultural stories about rape, Taslitz argues, such as the provocatively dressed woman "asking for it," are at the root of many unconscious prejudic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (222 pages).
ISBN:9780814784372
0814784372

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