Addressing rape reform in law and practice /

Addressing rape reform in law and practice /

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Author / Creator:Caringella, Susan.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Description:xv, 347 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Rape -- United States.
Rape.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7528676
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ISBN:9780231134248 (hard cover : alk. paper)
023113424X (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780231134255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231134258 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231508759 (e-book)
0231508751 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Background to Rape Reform
  • Unintended Consequences
  • Extant Models of Reform
  • Building from Prior Models
  • This Book's Model: Reforming Rape Reforms
  • Political Climate and Backlash
  • 2. Legal Change Sweeps the Nation
  • Overall Change
  • Removal of Unique Requirements
  • Redefinitions: Violence and Deviate or Criminal Sexual Conduct and Sexual Assault
  • Other Legal Changes
  • Reforms in Canada, England and Wales, Australia, and New Zealand
  • Other Victim-Oriented Developments
  • Extralegal Developments
  • Summary
  • 12. Sexual Assault Under Duress and Fraud
  • Sexual Assault Under Nonviolent Duress
  • Sexual Assault by Fraud, Guile, or Deceit
  • Criminalization of Sexual Assault by Duress and Fraud: A Reasonable Woman's Point of View
  • A Caveat: Making the Changes Tenable
  • Summary
  • 13. Reforming Rape Reforms: Outline of the Model Array
  • Making the Changes: De Jure Law, Rules of Evidence, and Jury Instruction
  • Crime Considerations
  • Victim Considerations
  • Offender Considerations
  • Defense Considerations
  • Summary
  • 14. Discussion of the Model Array
  • Crime Considerations
  • Victim Considerations
  • Offender Considerations
  • Defense Considerations
  • Case Examples: Application of the Model Array
  • 15. Advantages of a Paradigm Shift
  • Renewing Efforts
  • The Model for Reforming Rape Reforms
  • Political Climate and Backlash
  • Political Will
  • 16. Recommendations Complementing the Model Rape Law
  • Victims' Rights
  • Police and Prosecutors
  • Plea Bargaining
  • Jurors
  • Judges
  • Criminal Justice Training
  • Compliance
  • Equal Protection?
  • A Victim's Attorney: Lessons from Abroad
  • 17. Moving Forward: Social Institutions, Structures, and Processes
  • Media
  • Education
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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