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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey R. Benedict, Jeff Benedict, Benedict Jeffrey R., BENEDICT JEFFREY R
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 15.06.1998
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultaz; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, crimin
• EAN: 9780761909668
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0966-8
• Numero di pagine: 120
• Serie: Sage Series on Violence Agains > 8; Sage Series on Violence Against Women; Sage Series on Violence Agains > 8; SAGE Series on Violence against Women; Sage Violence Against Women > 8
• Categorie: 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