Rape in Chicago
Subtitle: race, myth, and the courts
By: Dawn Rae Flood
Series: Women in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252036897
Subjects: Public opinion; Rape victims; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Sexual behavior; African Americans; Rape; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rape victims and the modern justice system; title: The power of racial rape myths after World War II; title: Black victims and postwar trial strategies; title: Order in the court; title: Second-wave feminists (re)discover rape; title: Conclusion: ripped from the headlines.