Rape and the Criminal Trial
Rape and the Criminal Trial
This book explores the shortcomings of the criminal justice systemâs 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 s...
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This book explores the shortcomings of the criminal justice systemâs 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 ârape mythsâ and the presence of an âimplementation gapâ whereby policies, provisions and measures â proposed in order to improve the systemâs response â 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.
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