Rape and the culture of the courtroom / Andrew E. Taslitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taslitz, Andrew E., 1956-

Series:

Critical America.

Critical America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape--United States.

Rape.

Adversary system (Law)--United States.

Adversary system (Law).

Law reform--United States.

Law reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom , Andrew Taslitz locates the cause of rape reform failure in the language lawyers use, and the cultural stories upon which they draw to dominate rape victims in the courtroom. Cultural stories about rape, Taslitz argues, such as the provocatively dressed woman ""asking for it,"" are at the root of many unconscious prejudices that

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; I Patriarchal Stories; 1 Cultural Rape Narratives; 2 Cultural Rape Narratives in the Courtroom; 3 A Fair Fight; II Lawyers' Language in the Courtroom; 4 Gendered Language; 5 Lawyers' Language and the Rape Trial; III Feminist Evidence Law; 6 Market Failure; 7 Group Voices; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-204) and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-8437-2

OCLC:

780425943