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Sociology of Rape

NCJ Number
79170
Journal
Sociology and Social Research Volume: 65 Issue: 4 Dated: (July 1981) Pages: 357-380
Author(s)
M B Deming; A Eppy
Date Published
1981
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Rape research is organized to illustrate the contributions and the potential of sociological theory and methods.
Abstract
This first half of the review deals with social structural determinants of rape. Support is found for feminist, conflict, ecological and subcultural theories, but not for theories of sexual access. The second half of the review focuses on social reactions to rape, as indicated in studies of attribution and criminal justice processing. The disparate studies reviewed in the article are integrated with a common focus on theoretical perspectives, on those aspects of rape that distinguish it from other crimes of violence, and on methodological issues. (Author abstract)