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Addressing rape reform in law and practice
Title:
Addressing rape reform in law and practice
Author:
Caringella, Susan.
ISBN:
9780231134248

9780231134255

9780231508759
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Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
xv, 347 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Background to rape reform -- Legal change sweeps the nation -- Failures and successes -- Avenues for and attitudes about victims -- The legal landscape -- Affirmative consent reform models -- Consent and voluntariness, agreement/nonconsent and involuntariness, nonagreement -- Presumptive nonagreement -- Mens Rea -- Applying recklessness and negligence -- Defenses -- Sexual assault under duress and fraud -- Reforming rape reforms : outline of the model array -- Discussion of the model array -- Advantages of a paradigm shift -- Recommendations complementing the model rape law -- Moving forward : social institutions, structures, and processes.
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