Author: Jennifer Temkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198763550
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This text is fully updated to included abolition of the martial rape exemption, changes in the law on anonymity, sexual history evidence, procedural developments contained in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, and male rape.
Rape and the Legal Process
Author: Jennifer Temkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198763550
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This text is fully updated to included abolition of the martial rape exemption, changes in the law on anonymity, sexual history evidence, procedural developments contained in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, and male rape.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198763550
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This text is fully updated to included abolition of the martial rape exemption, changes in the law on anonymity, sexual history evidence, procedural developments contained in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, and male rape.
Rape Law Reform
Author: Cassia Spohn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489907092
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This book evolved from our interest in rape as feminists and as sodal sdentists. As feminists, we were concemed about the treatment of rape victims and the attrition in rape cases under traditional rape law, and we welcomed legal reforms designed to improve the situation. As sodal sdentists, we wondered about the efficacy of legal changes aimed at an inherently resistant court system. We also were curious about the lack of studies examining the impact of these changes; we were particularly surprised to find that no one had attempted to ana lyze the impact of the reforms in more than one jurisdiction. Con vinced that untangling the effects of the reforms from the effects of contextual factors required a multijurisdictional study, we deeided to undertake the project. We quickly discovered that evaluating rape law reform in several jurisdictions would be no easy task. We had deeided that such an evaluation would require monthly data on the outcome of rape cases before and after the reforms were implemented, as weIl as qualitative data on the attitudes of criminal justice officials toward the reforms. Because states do not generate monthly data on case outcomes, we would have to collect the data ourse1ves from court records main tained by individual jurisdictions. To obtain an adequate number of cases for the time-series analysis, we would have to select our sites from large urban jurisdictions scattered throughout the United States.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489907092
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This book evolved from our interest in rape as feminists and as sodal sdentists. As feminists, we were concemed about the treatment of rape victims and the attrition in rape cases under traditional rape law, and we welcomed legal reforms designed to improve the situation. As sodal sdentists, we wondered about the efficacy of legal changes aimed at an inherently resistant court system. We also were curious about the lack of studies examining the impact of these changes; we were particularly surprised to find that no one had attempted to ana lyze the impact of the reforms in more than one jurisdiction. Con vinced that untangling the effects of the reforms from the effects of contextual factors required a multijurisdictional study, we deeided to undertake the project. We quickly discovered that evaluating rape law reform in several jurisdictions would be no easy task. We had deeided that such an evaluation would require monthly data on the outcome of rape cases before and after the reforms were implemented, as weIl as qualitative data on the attitudes of criminal justice officials toward the reforms. Because states do not generate monthly data on case outcomes, we would have to collect the data ourse1ves from court records main tained by individual jurisdictions. To obtain an adequate number of cases for the time-series analysis, we would have to select our sites from large urban jurisdictions scattered throughout the United States.
Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude
Author: Jennifer Temkin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847314201
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic gap between the number of offences recorded by the police and the number of convictions. It seeks to examine the attitudinal problems which bedevil this area of law and possible strategies for addressing them. Written by a professor of law and a professor of psychology, it reviews evidence from socio-legal and social cognition research and presents new data drawn both from interviews with judges and barristers and from studies with prospective lawyers and members of the public. In the final part, it considers different ways in which rape trials could be improved and suggests steps that could be taken to change public attitudes about sexual assault.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847314201
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic gap between the number of offences recorded by the police and the number of convictions. It seeks to examine the attitudinal problems which bedevil this area of law and possible strategies for addressing them. Written by a professor of law and a professor of psychology, it reviews evidence from socio-legal and social cognition research and presents new data drawn both from interviews with judges and barristers and from studies with prospective lawyers and members of the public. In the final part, it considers different ways in which rape trials could be improved and suggests steps that could be taken to change public attitudes about sexual assault.
Rape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process
Author: Elisabeth McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988503158
Category : Adversary system (Law)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988503158
Category : Adversary system (Law)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom
Author: Andrew E. Taslitz
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814782302
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A study of how rape stereotypes are used by defence lawyers to gain acquittals in the USA. The author also presents reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, designed to improve both the American adversary system in general and the way in which the system handles rape cases.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814782302
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A study of how rape stereotypes are used by defence lawyers to gain acquittals in the USA. The author also presents reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, designed to improve both the American adversary system in general and the way in which the system handles rape cases.
Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault
Author: Cassia Spohn
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 9781626370241
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis assess the criminal justice system¿s response to sexual assault, exploring the complex dynamics that shape the actions of police and prosecutors. The authors draw on unparalleled access to Los Angeles detectives, prosecutors, and case files to make sense of the factors that affect the outcomes of sexual assault claims. Following cases from victim report, to police investigation, to the decision to charge¿or not to charge¿they provide new insights into why shockingly few sexual assault claims lead to an eventual criminal conviction.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 9781626370241
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Cassia Spohn and Katharine Tellis assess the criminal justice system¿s response to sexual assault, exploring the complex dynamics that shape the actions of police and prosecutors. The authors draw on unparalleled access to Los Angeles detectives, prosecutors, and case files to make sense of the factors that affect the outcomes of sexual assault claims. Following cases from victim report, to police investigation, to the decision to charge¿or not to charge¿they provide new insights into why shockingly few sexual assault claims lead to an eventual criminal conviction.
The Rape Case
Author: Irving Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936249367
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The author details his seven-year struggle to win the freedom of three men, Francis J. Curran, Ira E. Jones, and Francis J. Maguire, who were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1947 rape of a young woman.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936249367
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The author details his seven-year struggle to win the freedom of three men, Francis J. Curran, Ira E. Jones, and Francis J. Maguire, who were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1947 rape of a young woman.
The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice
Author: Rosann Greenspan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108246567
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Malcolm Feeley, one of the founding giants of the law and society field, is also one of its most exciting, diverse, and contemporary scholars. His works have examined criminal courts, prison reform, the legal profession, legal professionalism, and a variety of other important topics of enduring theoretical interest with a keen eye for the practical implications. In this volume, The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice, an eminent group of contemporary law and society scholars offer fresh and original analyzes of his work. They asses the legacy of Feeley's theoretical innovations, put his findings to the test of time, and provide provocative historical and international perspectives for his insights. This collection of original essays not only draws attention to Professor Feeley's seminal writings but also to the theories and ideas of others who, inspired by Feeley, have explored how courts and the legal process really work to provide a promise of justice.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108246567
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Malcolm Feeley, one of the founding giants of the law and society field, is also one of its most exciting, diverse, and contemporary scholars. His works have examined criminal courts, prison reform, the legal profession, legal professionalism, and a variety of other important topics of enduring theoretical interest with a keen eye for the practical implications. In this volume, The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice, an eminent group of contemporary law and society scholars offer fresh and original analyzes of his work. They asses the legacy of Feeley's theoretical innovations, put his findings to the test of time, and provide provocative historical and international perspectives for his insights. This collection of original essays not only draws attention to Professor Feeley's seminal writings but also to the theories and ideas of others who, inspired by Feeley, have explored how courts and the legal process really work to provide a promise of justice.
Public Secrets of Law
Author: Pratiksha Baxi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198089568
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Public Secrets of Law' describes the everyday socio-legal processes that underlie the making of rape trials in Indian courts. Based on an ethnographic project in the rural District and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), as well as critical readings of the juridical archive, it demonstrates how rape trials furnish scripts of the social via the judicialised bodies of violated women.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198089568
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Public Secrets of Law' describes the everyday socio-legal processes that underlie the making of rape trials in Indian courts. Based on an ethnographic project in the rural District and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), as well as critical readings of the juridical archive, it demonstrates how rape trials furnish scripts of the social via the judicialised bodies of violated women.
GUIDE TO THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
Author: RAPE CRISIS NETWORK IRELAND.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993308642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993308642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description