The Word of a Woman?

Download or read book The Word of a Woman? written by J. Jordan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-08-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion that women lie about rape is a prevalent belief with pervasive influence. This book is unique in combining police file data with interviews obtained from both rape survivors and detectives in order to critically explore how this belief affects police officers' responses to women who report rape. Examination of this material is located within a broader analysis of the historical and socio-cultural environment, and illustrates how rape investigations continue to be conducted within the context of pervasive beliefs and stereotypes regarding both the nature of rape and the nature of women.