The Technoscientific Witness of Rape: Contentious Histories of Law, Feminism, and Forensic Science - Couverture souple

Quinlan, Andrea

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1487520603 ISBN 13 : 9781487520601

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

In 1984, the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit (SAEK) was dubbed "Ontario's most successful rapist trap." Since then, the kit has become the key source of evidence in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault as well as a symbol of victims' improved access to care and justice. Unfortunately, the SAEK has failed to live up to these promises.

The Technoscientific Witness of Rape is the first book to chart the thirty year history of the sexual assault evidence kit and its role in a criminal justice system that re-victimizes many assault victims in their quest for medical treatment and justice. Drawing on actor-network theory and feminist technology studies, Andrea Quinlan combs through sixty-two interviews with police, nurses, scientists, and lawyers, as well as archival records and legal cases to trace changes in sexual assault forensics, law, advocacy, and anti-violence activism in Ontario. Through this history Quinlan bravely and provocatively argues that the SAEK reflects and reinforces the criminal justice system's distrust of sexual assault victims.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrea Quinlan is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1487520603
• ISBN 13: 9781487520601
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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