Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom / / Andrew E. Taslitz.
Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz l...
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Taslitz, Andrew E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom / Andrew E. Taslitz. New York, NY : New York University Press, [1999] ©1999 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Critical America ; 6 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Part I Patriarchal Stories -- 1 Cultural Rape Narratives -- 2 Cultural Rape Narratives in the Courtroom -- 3 A Fair Fight -- Part II Lawyers’ Language in the Courtroom -- 4 Gendered Language -- 5 Lawyers’ Language and the Rape Trial -- Part III Feminist Evidence Law -- 6 Market Failure -- 7 Group Voices -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz locates the cause of rape reform failure in the language lawyers use, and the cultural stories upon which they draw to dominate rape victims in the courtroom. Cultural stories about rape, Taslitz argues, such as the provocatively dressed woman "asking for it," are at the root of many unconscious prejudices that determine jury views. He connects these stories with real-life examples, such as the Mike Tyson and Glen Ridge rape trials, to show how rape stereotypes are used by defense lawyers to gain acquittals for their clients. Building on Deborah Tannen's pathbreaking research on the differences between male and female speech, Taslitz also demonstrates how word choice, tone, and other lawyers' linguistic tactics work to undermine the confidence and the credibility of the victim, weakening her voice during the trial. Taslitz provides politically realistic reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, which promise to improve both the adversary system in general and the way that the system handles rape cases. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Adversary system (Law) United States. Law reform United States. Rape United States. LAW / Gender & the Law. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110716924 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784372.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784372 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814784372/original |
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