| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Series |
Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship |
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Victims, Offenders, and Sexual Violence; CHAPTER 2 Feminism vs. Sociobiology; CHAPTER 3 Criminological Perspectives; CHAPTER 4 Victim Surveyed and Police Reported Rape Incidents; CHAPTER 5 Rape Victimization in the U.S., 1992-2004; CHAPTER 6 Rape Incidents Reported to Police; CHAPTER 7 Discussion: Beyond the Feminist-Evolutionary Debate; References; Index |
| Summary |
The debate between feminist and evolutionary scholars about sexual violence has resulted in polarized ideas about whether sex offenders? motives are sexual, nonsexual, or both. Spivak examines the history of this controversy, and then evaluates national victim survey and police data to test hypotheses about victim-targeting in rape incidents. The primary question is whether offenders preferentially select victims based on youth, or more indiscriminately based on convenience and proximity, examining the age distribution of victims and offenders across relationships and other measures of routine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex crimes -- United States
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Rape -- United States
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Women -- Violence against -- United States
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Sex offenders -- United States
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Feminist theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
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Feminist theory
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Rape
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Sex crimes
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Sex offenders
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Women -- Violence against
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011011076 |
| ISBN |
9781593326852 |
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1593326858 |
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