The guilt project
Subtitle: rape, morality, and law
By: Vanessa Place
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781590512647; 9781590513866
Description: "Place examines the ambiguity of rape law by presenting cases where guilt lies uneasily. She explores larger ethical questions of what defines guilt, what is justice, and what is considered just punishment. Assuming a society can and must be judged by the way it treats its most despicable members, The Guilt Project looks with unflinching eyes at the way the American legal system defines, prosecutes, and punishes sex offenders. In our new era of Dateline justice , are we vigilant or just vigilantes?"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Statement of the case; title: DNA evidence : the calculus of guilt; title: Sexually violent predators : the parapsychology of guilt; title: Teen sex : the waging of guilt; title: Sex offender registration : truth and social consequence; title: The future of sex-offense legislation : prongs of the pitchfork; title: Drunken sex and homemade movies : who's guilty now; title: The ballad of Mac the pimp; title: Femmes and feminisms; title: Dateline : to catch a predator; title: The tally of guilt : the thousand-year sentence.