Rape

Miranda Horvath is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Middlesex. Jennifer Brown is a forensic psychologist at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at LSE.

Foreword 1. Setting the scene; Introduction to understanding rapeSection 1: Processes and representations 2. Rape myth acceptance: affective, behavioural, and cognitive effects of beliefs that blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator 3. Anger, disgust and sexual crimes 4. Rape in the media 5. Sexual scripts, sexual refusals and 'date rape' Section 2: Victim vulnerabilities 6. Alcohol and drugs in rape and sexual assault 7. Narratives of survival: South Asian Women's experience of rape 8. Invaded spaces and feeling dirty: Women's narratives of violation in prostitution and sexual violence 9. 'Real' rape and 'real' rape allegations: What are the vulnerabilities of the women who report to the police?Section 3: the Criminal Justice System 10. Seeking proof or truth? Naturalistic decision making by police officers when considering rape allegations 11. Police interviews of rape victims: Tensions and contradictions12. A vicious cycle? Attrition and conviction patterns in contemporary rape trials in England and Wales 13. Addressing the attitude problem in rape trials: Some proposals and methodological considerations Concluding Remarks 14. Is it real rape and do you believe her?