Citation

Soothill K. Br. J. Criminol. 1991; 31(4): 383-392.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Publisher Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

This article focuses first on the changing media coverage of rape trials since the Second World War. Secondly, using the work of Lloyd and Walmsley (1989) as the point of comparison, the study contrasts the dramatic shifts in the court profiles and the media profiles of rape cases between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s. These profiles are not converging, but diverging. It is maintained that this study helps to explain why it continues to be so difficult to convince the world of the reality of rape. (Abstract Adapted from Source: British Journal of Criminology, 1991. Copyright © 1991 by Oxford University Press)

Media Coverage
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Rape Perceptions
Sexual Assault Perceptions
Public Perceptions
Adult Perceptions
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