Rape, Autonomy, and Consent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4085609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George E Panichas (Lafayette College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 231-269 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3185392 |
| OpenAlex | W2314289203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
I.B eginning in the early 1970s, feminist critics of American rape law developed a powerful case showing that many victims of rape are violated twice: first by an assailant, second by the law.Demonstrating the deeply patriarchal biases in both the common law and the statutes governing rape and sexual assault, these commentators, scholars, and reformers identified gross and undeniable moral wrongs in the legal standards determining when rape occurs; that is, what counts as rape, the rules (especially evidentiary rules) governing criminal proceedings in rape cases, and the attitudes toward and practices affecting rape victims.1In the real world of rape, the critics showed, these interrelated postrape wrongs commonly begin with the insensitive, insulting, and often humiliating interrogations of police disinclined to find "real" rape in the reports of any but the most battered of victims.Additional wrongs occur at the hands of callous, abusive, or simply uninterested attorneys, including both prosecutors unwilling to pursue difficult cases (or quick to offer pleas to significantly reduced, often non-rape, charges) and defense attorneys who employ strategies designed to impugn the character of victims, thereby undermining their credibility as witnesses in criminal proceedings.Finally, there are the moral wrongs of unjust acquittals or, perhaps worse, guilty verdicts reversed by appellate courts
Conviction · Criminal law · Criminology · Intimidation · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Sociology · Statute · Suicide prevention · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |