Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada

✍ Scribed by James F. Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley

Publisher: Praeger
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 257
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Drawing on the most recent studies, this collection of articles assesses and evaluates current criminal justice responses, policies, and practices regarding sexual violence in the United States and Canada. Contributors focus on methodological and ideological issues, rape law reform, criminal justice responses, social contexts of sexual assault, and community responses. The broad perspective provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the current state of criminal justice responses to sexual assault as well as the changes and progress being made in the area.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments......Page 10
1. Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges James F. Hodgson and Debra S. Kelley......Page 12
2. The Measurement of Rape Debra S. Kelley......Page 26
3. Biology, Sex, and the Debate over “Chemical Castration” Craig T. Palmer, Randy Thornhill, and David N. DiBari......Page 46
4. A Critical Critique of the Cultures of Control: A Case Study of Cyber Rape Livy A. Visano......Page 62
5. Sexual Assault behind Bars: The Forgotten Victims Charles Crawford......Page 84
6. Rape Law Reform Frances P. Bernat......Page 96
7. Myths of Woman and the Rights of Man: The Politics of Credibility in Canadian Rape Law Margaret A. Denike......Page 112
8. Psychological Evidence in Sexual Assault Court Cases: The Use of Expert Testimony and Third-Party Records by Trial Court Judges Giannetta Del Bove and Lana Stermac......Page 130
9. Reconceptualizing Sexual Assault from an Intractable Social Problem to a Manageable Process of Social Change K. Edward Renner......Page 146
10. Law Enforcement’s Response to Sexual Assault: A Comparative Study of Nine Counties in North Carolina Vivian B. Lord and Gary Rassel......Page 166
11. Policing Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Jane Doe v. the Metropolitan Toronto Police James F. Hodgson......Page 184
12. Assessing the Role of Sexual Assault Programs in Communities Elizabethann O’Sullivan......Page 202
13. Megan’s Law in California: The CD-ROM and the Changing Nature of Crime Control Suzette Cote......Page 216
14. Revisiting Megan’s Law and Sex Offender Registration: Prevention or Problem Robert E. Freeman-Longo......Page 234
Index......Page 250
About the Contributors......Page 254

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