NCJ Number
16059
Date Published
1974
Length
215 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS, THE HISTORY OF LAWS RELATING TO RAPE, MYTHS, AND FACTS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF RAPISTS.
Abstract
VICTIMS DESCRIBE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THEIR OWN WORDS, AND TELL HOW THEY WERE LATER AFFECTED BY IT. THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY OF RAPE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES. HE EXAMINES SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS RAPE CASES RECORDED AND EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED LEGAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN A CASE OF RAPE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)