Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /
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| Author / Creator: | Flood, Dawn Rae. |
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| Imprint: | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012] ©2012 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Women in American history Rape in Chicago Women in American history. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187595 |
| Summary: | Spanning a period of four tumultuous decades from the mid-1930s through the mid-1970s, this study reassesses the ways in which Chicagoans negotiated the extraordinary challenges of rape, as either victims or accused perpetrators. Drawing on extensive trial testimony, government reports, and media coverage, Dawn Rae Flood examines how individual men and women, particularly African Americans, understood and challenged rape myths and claimed their right to be protected as American citizens--protected by the State against violence, and protected from the State's prejudicial investigations and interrogations. Flood shows how defense strategies, evolving in concert with changes in the broader cultural and legal environment, challenged assumptions about black criminality while continuing to deploy racist and sexist stereotypes against the plaintiffs. Uniquely combining legal studies, medical history, and personal accounts, Flood pays special attention to how medical evidence was considered in rape cases and how victim-patients were treated by hospital personnel. She also analyzes medical testimony in modern rape trials, tracing the evolution of contemporary "rape kit" procedures as shaped by legal requirements, trial strategies, feminist reform efforts, and women's experiences. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252036897 9780252094415 0252094417 1283582740 9781283582742 9786613895196 6613895199 0252036891 |