Rape by the numbers : producing and contesting scientific knowledge about sexual violence / Ethan Czuy Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Ethan Czuy, author.

Series:

Critical Issues in Crime and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex crimes--Canada.

Sex crimes.

Sex crimes--United States.

Rape--Canada.

Rape.

Rape--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Place of Publication:

Canada : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Science plays a substantial, though under-acknowledged, role in shaping popular understandings of rape. Statistical figures like “1 in 4 women have experienced completed or attempted rape” are central for raising awareness. Yet such scientific facts often become points of controversy, particularly as conservative scholars and public figures attempt to discredit feminist activists. Rape by the Numbers explores scientists’ approaches to studying rape over more than forty years in the United States and Canada. In addition to investigating how scientists come to know the scope, causes, and consequences of rape, this book delves into the politics of rape research. Scholars who study rape often face a range of social pressures and resource constraints, including some that are unique to feminized and politicized fields of inquiry. Collectively, these matters have far-reaching consequences. Scientific projects may determine who counts as a potential victim/survivor or aggressor in a range of contexts, shaping research agendas as well as state policy, anti-violence programming and services, and public perceptions. Social processes within the study of rape determine which knowledges count as credible science, and thus who may count as an expert in academic and public contexts.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

1. Introduction

Part I. Conceptualizing Rape

2. Locating the Problem

3. Accounting for Rape

4. Investigating the Aftermath

Part II. Social Mechanisms

5. Choosing to Study Rape

6. Dividends and Detriments of Dissent

7. Conclusion

Appendix: Interview Guide

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

Series Titles.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9788-2367-3

OCLC:

1263743405