Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /

Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Flood, Dawn Rae.
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.
Subject:	Rape -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History. Rape -- Public opinion -- History. Rape victims -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Sexual behavior -- Illinois -- Chicago. Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Sexual behavior. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. Rape. Rape -- Public opinion. Rape victims. Illinois -- Chicago. Electronic books. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187595

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ISBN:	9780252036897 9780252094415 0252094417 1283582740 9781283582742 9786613895196 6613895199 0252036891
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-227) and index. English. Description based on print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Rape in Chicago 9780252036897 (cloth)
Standard no.:	9786613895196

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: "An Accusation Easily to Be Made"
1. Rape Victims and the Modern Justice System
2. The Power of Racial Rape Myths after World War II
3. Black Victims and Postwar Trial Strategies
4. Order in the Court
5. Second-Wave Feminists (Re)Discover Rape
Conclusion: Ripped from the Headlines
Appendix: Case File Data
Notes
Bibliography
Index