The Word of a Woman?

Police, Rape and Belief

• Author(s): J. Jordan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 276
• ISBN_10: 0230511058
  ISBN_13: 9780230511057
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Gender Studies , Psychology / Forensic Psychology , Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Women's Studies , Psychology / Psychopathology / General ,

Description:... 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.