Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice / / Susan Caringella.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Caringella, Susan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

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 undermines efforts at change. This includes charging the accused and plea bargaining, confronting a lack of transparency and accountability in implementing law, and acquiring funding for such changes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Background to Rape Reform -- 2. Legal Change Sweeps the Nation -- 3. Failures and Successes -- 4. Avenues for and Attitudes About Victims -- 5. The Legal Landscape -- 6. Affirmative Consent Reform Models -- 7. Consent and Voluntariness, Agreement/Nonconsent and Involuntariness, Nonagreement -- 8. Presumptive Nonagreement -- 9. Mens Rea -- 10. Applying Recklessness and Negligence -- 11. Defenses -- 12. Sexual Assault Under Duress and Fraud -- 13. Reforming Rape Reforms -- 14. Discussion of the Model Array -- 15. Advantages of a Paradigm Shift -- 16. Recommendations Complementing the Model Rape Law -- 17. Moving Forward -- Notes -- References -- Index