Athletes and Acquaintance Rape

Klappentext This book takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that contribute to a climate favourable to athletes sexually assaulting women - a climate which also protects offenders from conviction and punishment.The book focuses on three high-profile incidents, and concludes that the problem is generated more by celebrity than athletic prowess: jurors are unable to reach an unbiased verdict because the athletes are held in such high esteem by the public. Zusammenfassung Takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that lead to sexual assault! and -- very frequently -- getting away with it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Subculture Massachusetts v Marcus Webb Victoria C v The Cincinnati Bengals Indiana v Mike G Tyson

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Benedict, Jeffrey R. Benedict, BENEDICT JEFFREY R, Benedict Jeffrey R.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.1998
• EAN: 9780761909668
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0966-8
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Sage Series on Violence Agains; Sage Series on Violence Against Women; Sage Series on Violence Agains; SAGE Series on Violence against Women; Sage Violence Against Women
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Umgang mit Missbrauch, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SELF-HELP / Abuse, Sexual abuse & harassment, Social Work, Sexual abuse and harassment, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Rape & Sex Crimes