Rape and the Criminal Trial
ISBN:
978-3-03-038686-3
Auflage:
1st ed. 2020
Verlag:
British Academy, Palgrave Pivot, Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.03.2021
Reihe:
Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
147
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This book explores the shortcomings of the criminal justice system’s response to sexual violence. Despite a plethora of legal and policy reforms, concerns remain regarding the conviction rates for rape and the extent to which cases fall out of the system. Ample research has highlighted the ongoing impact of ‘rape myths’ and the presence of an ‘implementation gap’ whereby policies, provisions and measures — proposed in order to improve the system’s response — are frequently not brought into practice, nor utilised as expected. Rape and the Criminal Trial proposes a move beyond representational theory and towards New Materialism and affects, a school of thought which emphasises the importance of embodiment and the ontological intensive regime as necessary in order to generate radical new approaches for understanding this problematic status quo, and in order to move forward to the production of more effective solutions.
Biografische Anmerkung
Anna Carline is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Leicester, UK.
Clare Gunby is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK.
Jamie Murray is Senior Law Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Clare Gunby is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK.
Jamie Murray is Senior Law Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
