The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality and Law

by Vanessa Place

Book Overview

An English court in 1736 described rape as an accusation "easily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. "To prove the crime, the law required a woman to physically resist, to put up a "hue and cry," as evidence of her unwillingness. Beginning in the 1970s, however, feminist and victim-advocacy groups began changing attitudes toward rape so the crime is now seen as violent in itself-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590517504
• ISBN13: 9781590517505
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"