TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Toward a New Law on Rape
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Schwartz, Michael D.
A1  - Clear, Todd R.
SP  - 129
EP  - 151
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - Forcible rape has become a major issue in the past decade, not only for political reasons but also because of the unique practical roadblocks placed in the path of prosecution by criminal law. A number of approaches to removing these obstacles are discussed here, based largely on the idea, acceptable from both a feminist and a practical standpoint, that rape law be "normalized" as part of a general assault code, rather than remaining a separate sex crime statute. Such a change would not only be an important political statement by the criminal law, but would also automatically remove most of the problems discussed in the literature. A suggested basic statute takes into account problems ranging from psychological harm to rape shield laws to statutory rape, in addition to the usual complaints about rape law.<p /> 
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SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001112878002600201
ID  - ref1
ER  -