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Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude (Criminal Law Library)

By Barbara Krahe , Jennifer Temkin

Book information

Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2008
ISBN
1841136700, 978-1-84113-670-7, 9781847314208, 1847314201, 128179161X, 9781281791610
Open Library ID
OL12567062M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1213973 bytes)
Pages
270\270
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book is set against the background of the so-called 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases. It represents an interdisciplinary attempt to examine the attitudinal problems which bedevil this area of law and to offer possible strategies for addressing them. Written by a professor of law and a professor of psychology, Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap reviews evidence from both socio-legal and social cognition research examining the impact of rape-related attitudes on judgements about sexual offenses. It presents new qualitative data from interviews with judges and barristers, and includes new experimental studies that illustrate how stereotypic beliefs about rape affect perceptions of victim blame and perpetrator culpability. The final part of the book discusses strategies to suppress the impact of rape stereotypes and promote the data-driven appraisal of sexual assault complaints.

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