Sexual assault and the justice gap : a question of attitude / Jennifer Temkin and Barbara Krahé.

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2008.

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Sex crimes.

Rape -- Public opinion.

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Women -- Crimes against -- Law and legislation.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The justice gap in sexual assault cases

Stereotypes, myths and heuristics in the perception of sexual assault

The problem of the jury in sexual assault trials

A question of attitude: prospective lawyers

A question of attitude: the general public

Rape, rape trials and the justice gap: some views from the bench and the bar

Judges, barristers and the evidential law in action in rape cases

Law reform

Improving rape trials

Changing public attitudes.

This book examines the attitudinal problem which the authors regard as responsible for the dramatic gap between the number of sexual assault cases recorded by the police and the number of convictions.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781841136707

xi, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm