NCJ Number
43444
Date Published
1977
Length
27 pages
Annotation
THIS UNANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FORCIBLE RAPE COVERS LITERATURE ON GENERAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, LEGAL, AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE CRIME.
Abstract
THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN INTO WHICH THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DIVIDED ARE: (1) SOCIOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PERSPECTIVES, WHICH INCLUDES A SHORT SECTION ON HOMOSEXUAL RAPE: (2) LEGISLATIVE, PROSECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL ASPECTS OF RAPE; (3) POLICE HANDLING AND INVESTIGATIVE METHODS IN CASES OF RAPE; (4) MEDICAL AND MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS IN RAPE CASES; (5) RAPE VICTIMS; AND (6) RAPISTS. THESE CATEGORIES ARE NOT CROSS-INDEXED. SOME FOREIGN ARTICLES ARE INCLUDED, ALTHOUGH THE BIBLIOGRAPHY DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO COVER FOREIGN MATERIAL.