NCJ Number
19160
Editor(s)
L G SCHULTZ
Date Published
1975
Length
425 pages
Annotation
ARTICLES COVERING RAPE VICTIMS, THE SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIO-MEDICO ASPECTS OF RAPE VICTIMIZATION, THE CHILD AS A SEX VICTIM, AND POLICY AND PRACTICES REGARDING THE CRIME OF RAPE.
Abstract
RAPE VICTIMOLOGY DEALS WITH THE RAPE VICTIM AND HER CURRENT PREDICAMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS VOLUME INCLUDES SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT, ALONG WITH TWO ORIGINAL ARTICLES WHICH REFLECT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIONALLY KNOWN FEMINISTS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN. WITH THE VICTIM'S ACCOUNT OF THE RAPE AND ITS AFTERMATH AS A BEGINNING, THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THE HIGHLY DIVERGENT FIELD OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF RAPE, THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF RAPE, THE SEXIST BIAS IN RAPE RESEARCH, AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CAMPUS RAPE. CRITICAL PAPERS ON THE DILEMMAS OF THE LAW IN RAPE CASES ILLUSTRATE THE INADEQUACIES IN THE ADVERSARY APPROACH AND THE INABILITY OF THE COURTS TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OR TO PROVIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE RAPE VICTIM IN THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ROOM IS DISCUSSED AS TO THE MEDICO-LEGAL EXAMINATION AND SOCIAL WORK TREATMENT TECHNIQUES TO PREVENT OR CONTROL PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA WITH VICTIMS. A SECTION OF THE TEXT IS DEVOTED TO MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND LEGAL PROBLEMS SURROUNDING THE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED CHILD. THIS SECTION ADVOCATES THE COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF POLICE AND COURT PROCEDURES FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND FOR A RATIONALE FOR THIS OVERHAUL FROM AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. CHANGE IN POLICY AND PRACTICE ARE CALLED FOR IN THE CONCLUSION. THE BOOK CLOSES WITH AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALL RELEVANT REFERENCES ON RAPE VICTIMS IN THE UNITED STATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)