Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude

by Barbara Krahé and Jennifer Temkin

Book Overview

This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic gap between the number of offences recorded by the police and the number of convictions. It seeks to examine the attitudinal problems which bedevil this area of law and possible strategies for addressing them. Written by a professor of law and a professor of psychology, it reviews evidence from socio-legal and social cognition research and presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841136700
• ISBN13: 9781841136707
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"