Caringella Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-50875-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Caringella, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Background to Rape Reform
2. Legal Chnage 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: Outline of the Model Array
14. Discussion of the Model Array
15. Advantages of a Paradigm Shift
16. Recommendations Complementing the Model Rape Law
17. Moving Forward: Social Institutions, Structures, and Processes
Notes, 291
References, 317
Index, 331

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Caringella is a professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice Program, and of Gender and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University. An internationally renowned expert on rape, feminism, and criminology, she is deputy editor of the Journal of Women and Criminal Justice and an editorial board member for the Journal of Violence Against Women and Feminist Criminology.