Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom (Critical America)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814782299 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of five books, including Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom (NYU Press).. Andrew E. Taslitz is Professor at Howard University School of Law
Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Taslitz provides politically realistic reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, which promise to improve both the adversary system in general and the way that the system handles rape cases.. He connects these stories with real-life examples, such as the Mike Tyson and Glen Ridge rape trials, to show how rape stereotypes are used by defense lawyers to gain acquittals for their clients.Building on Deborah Tannen's pathbreaking research on the differences between male and female speech, Taslitz also demonstrates how word choice, tone, and other lawyers' linguistic tactics work to undermine the confidence and the credibility of the victim, weakening her voice during the trial. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz locates the cause of rape reform failure in the language lawyers use, and the cultural stories upon which they draw to dominate rape victims in the courtroom.Cultural stories about rape, Taslitz argues, such as the provocatively dress
"In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Taslitz (a former prosecutor) is concerned to show how and why police, prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys use their discretion to circumvent legal reforms in rape law." -Hypatia
Intriguing argument Karen Franklin Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom is both a provocative analysis of why rape prosecutions remain so difficult, despite the rape reform laws of the 1980s, and a blueprint for change. Andrew Taslitz, a law professor and former prosecutor in juvenile sexual assault cases, argues. Strewn with gaping defects in logic and law Joan Klipsch [[VIDEOID:mo1GJT6IKQOCJVP]]As a prosecution witness with 35 years of experience, I found this book to be strewn with gaping defects in logic.The book's premise is that "due process of law" should not include certain aspects of the law of evidence, or, criminal procedure should be