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Unflinching history: what drives rapists, their perception, and potential cures.

Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present

A History from 1860 to the Present

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    576 pages

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    31 August 2008

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Summary

Joanna Bourke, author of the critically-acclaimed Fear, unflinchingly and controversially moves away from looking at victims to look at the rapists. She examines the nature of rape, drawing together the work of criminologists, sociologists and psychiatrists to analyse what drives the perpetrators of sexual violence.

Rape - A History looks at the perception of rape, both in the mass media and the wider public, and considers the crucial questions of treatment and punishment. Should sexu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781844081554
ISBN-10:1844081559
Author:Professor Joanna Bourke, Joanna Bourke
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:31 August 2008
Weight:382g
Dimensions:132mm x 200mm x 37mm
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Critics Review

Thought-provoking at every turn

Academically rigorous … elegant, readable and gripping OBSERVER Launches a disciplined and chilling account … unflinching GUARDIAN Thought-provoking at every turn INDEPENDENT ‘This is a comprehensive survey of sexual criminality over the past 150 years … [it] is a thorough, intelligent, and balanced examination of a crime whose prevalence is only rising’ Lionel Shriver, FT

Academically rigorous … elegant, readable and gripping - OBSERVER

Launches a disciplined and chilling account … unflinching - GUARDIAN

Thought-provoking at every turn - INDEPENDENT

This is a comprehensive survey of sexual criminality over the past 150 years … [it] is a thorough, intelligent, and balanced examination of a crime whose prevalence is only rising - Lionel Shriver, FT

About The Author

Professor Joanna Bourke

Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.

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