Sexual consent is an understudied and undertheorized concept despite its importance to
feminist researchers and activists interested in sexual violence. Literature on consent …

Substantive criminal law defines the conduct that the state punishes. Or does it? If the
answer is yes, it should be possible, by reading criminal codes (perhaps with a few case …

Sexual violence prevention has shifted from centering around a message of 'no means
no'toward a message of 'get consent.'This paper explores how young adults conceptualise …

We regularly wield powers that, upon close scrutiny, appear remarkably magical. By sheer
exercise of will, we bring into existence things that have never existed before. With but a …

Women's rights advocates in the United States have long argued that violence against
women denies women equality and citizenship, but it took a movement of feminist activists …

This book examines laws and customs of war prohibiting rape crimes dating back thousands
of years, even though gender-specific crimes, particularly sex crimes, have been prevalent …

When does a woman give valid consent to sexual relations? When does her consent render
it morally or legally permissible for a man to have sexual relations with her? Why is sexual …

Over the past decade, mainstream feminist theory has repeatedly and urgently cautioned
against arguments which assert the existence of fundamental—or essential—differences …

This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist
thinking to the study of crime. Tracing the intellectual history of criminology from its scientific …

" Rape-by-deception" is almost universally rejected in American criminal law. But if rape is
sex without the victim's consent-as many courts, state statutes, and scholars say it is-then …