The Word of a Woman?
eBook - PDF

The Word of a Woman?

Police, Rape and Belief

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Word of a Woman?

Police, Rape and Belief

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Tables
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1 Introduction: The Credibility Conundrum
  6. 2 ‘She stings while she delights’: Rape Definitions and Representations
  7. 3 ‘Have you really been raped?’ Criminal Justice System Responses
  8. 4 Beyond Belief: Police Files on Rape
  9. 5 Having ‘a nose for it’: How Investigators Investigate
  10. 6 Perfect Victims/Perfect Policing? In the Words of the Women
  11. 7 ‘Getting it right’: Reviewing Police Responses to Rape
  12. 8 Conclusion: True ‘lies’ and ‘false’ Truths
  13. End Poem
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index