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Rape in Chicago

Flood, Dawn Rae.

Rape in Chicago race, myth, and the courts / [electronic resource] : Dawn Rae Flood. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - Women in American history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rape victims and the modern justice system -- The power of racial rape myths after World War II -- Black victims and postwar trial strategies -- Order in the court -- Second-wave feminists (re)discover rape -- Conclusion: ripped from the headlines.

9780252094415


Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--Chicago.
African Americans--Sexual behavior--Illinois--Chicago.
Rape victims--Illinois--Chicago.
Rape--Public opinion--History.
Rape--History.--Illinois--Chicago


Electronic books.

HV6568.C4 / F56 2012

364.15/320977311