Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts

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Index Page numbers in italics followed by m indicate maps and those followed by t indicate tables. abortion cases, 15–16 Abortion Task Force, 134–35 Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, 137 acquittals, 152–54 Aderman, Nancy Marie, 108–9 African American attorneys, 193n15, 194n24. See also Branion, John Afro-American Patrolmen’s League, 147 Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (Brownmiller), 11, 133–34, 203n7 Aid for Dependent Children (ADC), 75 American Bar Association (ABA), 38 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 136 American Medical Association, 166 Ames, Samuel, 152–53 anti-rape activism, 155 appeals: before 1950, 77–78; defendant’s rights expansion, 105–6, 125–26; intraracial rape, 77–78; medical testimony, 199n28; 1960s, 200n58; 1960s overview, 129; racial minorities, 188n40; rape shield laws, 169; sentence reductions, 152–53; statistics for Chicago during 1950s and 1960s, 125–26; Stewart, Harrison, 68 arrests, 24–25 arrest statistics, 25t Austin Community Organization, 141 Barber, Dale, 86–87, 87, 97 Bart, Pauline, 137, 142 bench trials v. jury trials, 8, 61–62, 190n70, 190n75, 190n77 Bendig, Bernard, 108, 115, 122, 125 Bertillonage system, 22 Billings Hospital, 139, 141 black feminist movement, 155 Black Panther shootings, 105, 110, 147 Blair, Lottie, 113–14, 125 Blakemore, Reginald, 145, 153–54 Bojko, Rose, 43–44, 59 Bowling, Donna Marie, 113 Branion, John, 56–57, 58–59, 78, 85–86, 188n43 Brasy, Anna: background information and rape description, 21–22; perpetrator identification , 34–35, 59; physician testimony, 31; testimony, 40–41, 43; as victim paradigm match, 32 Brawley, Tawana, 157–58 Bridges, Roosevelt, 139, 154 Briggs, Bernice, 74, 88, 94 Bronzeville (neighborhood), 26 Brown, Christine, 140 Brown, Maurice, 26–27, 32, 41, 82 230 Index Brownmiller, Susan, 11, 133–34, 156 Bruno, Frank, 107, 126 Burks, Herman, 111, 112 Burtner, Ann, 28, 45–46 Campisano, Pamela, 111 “Canon of Professional Ethics,” 38 Central Park Jogger case, 157–58, 163–64 chain of possession of evidence, 107–9 Chatham, Gerald, 36, 80, 83, 97, 197n107 Chicago: African American population statistics, 193n9; black migration from the South, 56, 188n44; black neighborhoods in 1960, 91m; “Daley machine,” 79–80; neighborhood policing statistics in 1951, 93m; rape arrest rate statistics for mid-twentieth century, 184n70; rape law reform, 178n18; social reform tradition overview, 7–8. See also specific neighborhoods Chicago Citizens Advisory Committee on Rape, 141–42 Chicago City Council, 142 Chicago Defender, 80, 104, 147 Chicago Hospital Council, 137 Chicago Housing Authority, 79, 188n39 Chicago Legal Action for Women (CLAW), 134–35, 136, 144 Chicago Legal Aid, 7 Chicago police: brutality and racism, 199n41; civil service reform impact, 190n79; corruption, 104–5; crime classifications , 178–79n39; female police officers, 144, 207n79; force utilized in arrests, 64–65; lynching threats, 66, 70–71; police error and noncompliance, 114–15; racial discrimination, 70–71, 186n9; reforms of 1970s, 155–56; sensitivity training, 149 Chicago Public Defender’s Office, 56, 78, 188n41 Chicago rape risk statistics in 1960s, 198n6 Chicago Tribune, 65, 77, 79, 133, 147 Christ Community Hospital, 131, 140 Chukes, Marvin, 59–60, 68–69 civil rights movement activism and legislation : black feminist movement relationship , 141–42, 155; legal reform of 1970s, 147; scrutiny of police behavior and practices , 110; women’s issues effect, 78–79, 90 Clark, Mark, 110, 147 class bias, 56, 92–93, 123–24. See also socioeconomic status “Code R,” 136, 140 Collins, Ernestine, 28, 29, 41–42 confessions: bench trials, 61; contemporary cases, 157, 158; as evidence of guilt, 62; police coercion, 65, 66–67, 192n110; validity issues, 63 Conroy, Robert, 21, 34–35, 59 consent defense arguments: contingency of consent, 150; mid-twentieth century overview , 30; 1950s, 54, 84–85, 87–90; 1960s, 117–18, 120–22, 128–29; statistics for Chicago during 1960s, 120 contemporary rape issues, 166–70 conviction and sentencing, 162 conviction reversals, 200n58, 209n140 Cook County Hospital, 28, 74 Corfield, Lilie, 36 corroboration element, 160 crimes against nature, 180n75, 186n99 Crime Victim Compensation Program, 166 criminal justice system, 49–51, 56–57, 60, 62–63, 66, 69–70. See also trials cultural changes of 1960s, 116–17, 119–20, 163 Daley, Richard J., 79, 104 “Daley machine,” 79–80 Dalton, Kenneth, 152–53 Danner, Patricia, 108 Davenport, Ernest, 61 Davis, Angela, 11, 14 defendant rights expansion in 1960s, 101–3, 105–6, 185n80 defense strategies: alibis, 55, 56, 57; class bias, 92–95, 117; criminal rehabilitation, 162; defendant rights expansion, 101–3; discriminatory police investigation, 57; evidence chain of possession, 107–9; fatherhood of accused perpetrator, 67–68...