The Victim of Rape: Institutional Reactions

ISBN-13: 9780878559329 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 336 str.

Lynda Lytle Holmstrom; Ann Wolbert Burgess

Opis

This unprecedented in-depth account of how our major institutions respond to the crime of rape is the first empirical study of rape victims in the United States as they come into contact with the police, the hospital, and the court. It presents the often devastating effects of institutional processing of rape victims. The authors, a sociologist and a psychiatric nurse, provide direct, on-the-scene reports of how rape victims endure the institutional process.

Spis treści

1: The Lot of the Rape Victim; 2: How We Did the Research; 3: Entering the Criminal Justice System; 4: The Hospital As Healer and Detective; 5: Getting the Case to Trial; 6: In the Courtroom; 7: The Rape Victim’s Reaction to Court; 8: The Outcome of the Court Process; 9: Policy Recommendations for the Institutional Response to Rape Victims

O autorze

Lynda Lytle Holmstrom