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Addressing rape reform in law and practice / Susan Caringella

Author
Caringella, Susan
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 347 pages)
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
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.
Summary
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 undermine.
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ISBN
9780231508759 (electronic bk.)
0231508751 (electronic bk.)
9780231134248 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
023113424X (hard cover ; alk. paper)
9780231134255 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0231134258 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
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