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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462265103321

Autore

Spivak Andrew Lawrence <1972->

Titolo

Sexual violence [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the feminist--evolutionary debate / / Andrew L. Spivak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-59332-685-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice, recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.15/30973

Soggetti

Sex crimes - United States

Rape - United States

Women - Violence against - United States

Sex offenders - United States

Feminist theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Victims, Offenders, and Sexual Violence; CHAPTER 2 Feminism vs. Sociobiology; CHAPTER 3 Criminological Perspectives; CHAPTER 4 Victim Surveyed and Police Reported Rape Incidents; CHAPTER 5 Rape Victimization in the U.S., 1992-2004; CHAPTER 6 Rape Incidents Reported to Police; CHAPTER 7 Discussion: Beyond the Feminist-Evolutionary Debate; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The debate between feminist and evolutionary scholars about sexual violence has resulted in polarized ideas about whether sex offenders' motives are sexual, nonsexual, or both. Spivak examines the history of this controversy, and then evaluates national victim survey and police data to test hypotheses about victim-targeting in rape incidents. The primary question is whether offenders preferentially select victims based on youth, or more indiscriminately based on convenience and proximity, examining the age distribution of victims and offenders across relationships and other measures of routine