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

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...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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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