The boys in blue

✍ Scribed by M.H.

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 174 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7368
• DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(80)71323-3

✦ Synopsis

Forensic science is concerned with the factual events and consequences of rape : the locus, the victim, the assailant, the physical evidence and the inferences which can be drawn from these. This book explores another medium altogether : the histories, circumstances and motives of a small group of aggressive offenders who for various reasons were moved to commit a sexual outrage upon another person. The backgrounds, development and circumstances of the men demonstrate that while there is no simple explanation for their outburst it is the outcome of a process which has impoverished and diminished the perpetrators over a long period. The maladjustments which these case histories reveal are not incapable of rectification, but the process cannot be an easy one.

This book contributes nothing to forensic science as it is presently understood. But it complements in a remarkable way the picture which the forensic pathologist and the investigating police officer build up of the crime of rape. For that alone it may be read with appreciation and interest.

A.R.B.