| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : approaches to rape / Nicole Westmarland and Geetanjali Gangoli -- Sexual assault law in Australia : contextual challenges and changes / Patricia Easteal -- Ending rape : the responsibility of the Canadian state / Lee Lakeman -- Introduction to the issue of rape in China as a developing country / Qihua Ye -- Still little justice for rape victim survivors : the void between policy and practice in England and Wales / Nicole Westmarland -- Controlling women's sexuality : rape law in India / Geetanjali Gangoli -- Breaking the silence : rape law in Iran and controlling women's sexuality / Nadia Aghtaie -- Meeting the challenge? : Responding to rape in Scotland / Sandy Brindley and Michele Burman -- Paradox and policy : addressing rape in post-apartheid South Africa / Lisa Vetten -- Impressive progress alongside persistent problems : rape law, policy and practice in the United States / Lynn Hecht Schafran and Jillian Weinberger. |
| Summary |
By introducing readers to national perspectives of issues relating to rape, the book presents a comparative approach which highlights similarities and differences between countries, contexts, laws, key issues and policies and interventions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Rape.
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Rape -- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Rape. (OCoLC)fst01089970
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Rape -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01089987
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Crime and criminology.
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Social services and welfare, criminology.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gangoli, Geetanjali, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westmarland, Nicole. International approaches to rape. Bristol : The Policy Press, ©2011 9781847426208 |
| ISBN |
9781847426222 (electronic bk.) |
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1847426220 (electronic bk.) |
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9781847426208 |
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1847426204 |
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