Addressing rape reform in law and practice
By: Susan Caringella.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780231134248; 9780231134255; 9780231508759
Subjects: Rape -- United States
Description: "This volume probes every aspect of rape law and the discrepancies between ideal law (on the books) and real law (in action). Susan Caringella canvasses the success and failure of reform in the United States, as well as Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, and assesses alternative perspectives on rape reform, making use of theoretical models, court cases and statistical data. She uniquely delineates a creative model for change while addressing the discretion that undermines efforts at change. This includes charging the accused and plea bargaining, confronting a lack of transparency and accountability in implementing law, and acquiring funding for such changes."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Background to rape reform; title: Legal change sweeps the nation; title: Failures and successes; title: Avenues for and attitudes about victims; title: The legal landscape; title: Affirmative consent reform models; title: Consent and voluntariness, agreement/nonconsent and involuntariness, nonagreement; title: Presumptive nonagreement; title: Mens Rea; title: Applying recklessness and negligence; title: Defenses; title: Sexual assault under duress and fraud; title: Reforming rape reforms: outline of the model array; title: Discussion of the model array; title: Recommendations complementing the model rape law; title: Moving forward : social institutions, structures, and processes.