Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice

The first comprehensive book on rape since Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will and Susan Estrich's Real Rape , this volume probes every aspect of rape law and the discrepancies between ideal law (on the books) and real law (in action). Susan Caringella canvasses the success and failure of reform in the United States, as well as Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, and assesses alternative perspectives on rape reform, making use of theoretical models, court cases and statistical data. Sh