Rape victims and the modern justice system -- The power of racial rape myths after World War II -- Black victims and postwar trial strategies -- Order in the court -- Second-wave feminists (re)discover rape -- Conclusion: ripped from the headlines
Summary
Spanning a period of four tumultuous decades from the mid-1930s through the mid-1970s, this study reassesses the ways in which Chicagoans negotiated the extraordinary challenges of rape, as either victims or accused perpetrators
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index
