Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success

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305 Abortion: emergency contraception (EC) issues, 158–160, 164, 171–174, 186, 190, 193; Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, 158; rape exception, 158; RU-486 “abortion pill,” confusion with EC, 164, 273–274n4 Accompaniment of victims, 54, 58, 68, 93–94, 184 Adolescents, 99, 273n1 Advocates: assessment of dangerousness of offenders, 235–245; attitudes toward, 14–15; community notification of sex offenders, participation, 241–244; criminal justice system, view of, 62; EC, victims’ rights, 167–177, 197–200; feminism, 45, 46, 249–254; first responders, 61, 68; interviews with, 52–64 (see also Interviews with rape care advocates); legal (see Lawyers and legal advocates); leveling boards, participation, 236–239; medical personnel, contact with, 62; police threats and intimidation, 92–94; reintegration of sex offenders, participation , 238–240; SANE co-opting of, 141–142; SANE programs, benefits reported by, 120–121; SORCN programs , participation, 234–245 Against Our Will (Brownmiller), 28, 41 Alcohol use by victim: dismissal of cases, 98–99; law enforcement response, 90–91; and reluctance to report, 79 Aldridge, Henry, 158 Allen, Beverley, 13 Alliances: conservatives and anti-rape movement, 9, 36–38; law-and-order and anti-rape groups, 36–37; legal mobilization and loss of political and legal allies, 47–51; rape law reform and, 36–39; RCC need for academic feminist and legal professional alliances, 261–262, 263–264 American Civil Liberties Union: on anti-pornography advocates, 49; emergency contraception advocacy, 167, 199; Women’s Rights Project, 29 Andersen, Margaret, 45 Anti-pornography campaign, 48–50 Anti-rape movement: of 1970s, 1; absence of creative legal strategies , 17; challenge of success of, 3–7; child sexual abuse, 10, 14; conservative alliances of, 9, 27; conservative and liberal attack of, 16; critics of, 3; effectiveness of, 2; failures of legal reforms, 16; feminism as divisive issue, 9; feminists ’ alliance with state pursuit of criminalizing sex offenders, 10–11; focus on criminal law, 22; growth of criminalized society and, 3; law reforms (see Legal mobilization of anti-rape movement); litigation, lack of engagement in, 8, 17–18; litigation vs. statutory reform, 25, 39; mass media representations of rape and, 14; nexus of political and personal in women’s movement, 28–29; oppressive state apparatus, as part of, 9–10; praise of, 2–3; product of struggle for women’s liberation, 7 INDEX 306 Index Attitudes: advocates, toward, 14–15; criminal justice personnel, 76; detectives view of victims, 88–89; domestic violence, toward, 98; emergency contraception, community attitudes, 176–178; of law enforcement toward RCCs, 107–108; police view of victims, 87–88; of prosecutors toward rape, 97–98; public perceptions of sexual violence, 34; resistant to policy reforms, 15–16; victims, toward, 88–89 Ballasiotes, Diane, 205 Barry, Kathleen, 49 Basu, Amrita, 111 BenDor, Jan, 33 Bevacqua, Maria, 2, 3, 29–30, 44 Bibas, Stephanos, 95 Brownmiller, Susan, 28, 41 Bumiller, Kristen, 3, 10, 28, 48 Burke, Alafair, 96–97 Campbell, Rebecca, 118 Carlton, Abigail, 250 Case adjudication by prosecutors, 95–107 Case processing, 69; “convictable” cases, 98–101; criminal justice responses, 74–95; medical provider responses, 69–74; plea bargaining, 101–103, 223–225; prosecutors and rape case adjudication, 95–107; SANE impact on, 135–136, 153–154; SORCN laws and, 217–227; whether, what, and who to charge, 96–98 Catholic hospitals, emergency contraception compliance, 161–162, 180, 193–194, 273n2, 273n3 Celebrity rape cases, 14 Center for Reproductive Rights, 159, 167, 199 Certification of SANE nurses, 271n1, 271n2 Child sexual abuse: anti-rape movement , 10, 14; dismissal of cases, 99; increased penalties, 233–234; investigations, 85–87, 144; Megan’s Law, 205–206 (see also Megan’s Law); prosecution of cases, 102, 106; radio station refusal to air public service announcement, 267n11; Registrant Risk Assessment Scale score, 214–215; SORCN laws and, 244, 247 Civil legal services for rape victims, 11–12 Coalitions: Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 56–57, 188; emergency contraception, state coalitions, 199; Kansas, 57; Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, 56, 57; New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 56, 57; RCCs, state coalitions, 55; South Carolina, 57; state coordinating coalitions for rape care programs, 55, 56–57, 199; Washington Coalition for Sexual Assault Programs, 57, 179, 199 Coercion, sexual, 34, 35, 38, 213 Colorado: emergency contraception laws and compliance, 185–189; inclusion in research study, 55–57; SANE standard medical care protocols , 188 Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA), 56–57, 188 Community Protection Act (Washington ), 205, 206 [18.216.32.116] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 03:17 GMT...