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Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present
Professor Joanna Bourke
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Description for Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present
Paperback. * A fascinating, thought-provoking book on the emotive subject of rape from the highly acclaimed author of FEAR. 'Joanna Bourke is a talented young historian' SUNDAY TIMES. Now out in paperback Num Pages: 576 pages, Integrated: 20, int pix. BIC Classification: HBT; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 386.
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 sexual offenders be castrated? Will Freud's couch or the behaviourists' laboratory work most effectively? Particular groups of offenders such as female abusers, psychopaths and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081554
SKU
V9781844081554
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Ref
99-10
About 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.
Reviews for Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more