摘要:

Substantial and widespread changes in federal and state rape laws, designed to advance the concerns of feminists and law enforcement interests, have gone into effect over the past 15 years. Some researchers who have tried to assess the effects of these reforms believe the changes have thwarted feminist goals; others have found little impact on case processing or victims' experiences; still others have pronounced the reform efforts a success. There are many obstacles to measuring and achieving rape reform, the most notable being the need to eliminate juror misconceptions about rape and its victims. Contemporary research and law reform should focus on the trial process, especially on how rules of evidence and methods of constructing a rape case relate to social perceptions about gender, coercion, and sexuality.

ISSN:0022-4537    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01163.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Previous analyses of the cultural context of sexual assault have focused on social and demographic correlates of rape, or associations between the acceptance of rape myths and sociocultural beliefs and attitudes. Papers in this journal issue extend this perspective to definitions of rape and characteristics of the research enterprise. They also examine the association between specific sociocultural influences on the reporting of sexual assault, victims' experiences of and reactions to sexual assault, and perpetrator motives, as well as society's responses as reflected in the media and the judicial system. It is concluded that systematic analysis of sociocultural factors allows discrepancies in definitions, methods, results, and interpretations to be reconceptualized as diversity which is orderly and can be understood.

ISSN:0022-4537    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01164.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-4537    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb01152.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY