Rape and the Legal Process

Jennifer Temkin LLD is Professor of Law, University of Sussex 1992- Member, Home Office Advisory Group on Video-recorded Evidence in Criminal Trials (The Pigot Committee) 1988-1989Member National Children's Home Committee of Enquiry into Children and Young People who Abuse other Children 1990-1992Patron, Standing Committee on Sexually Abused Children, 1993-6.Member, Justice Working Party on Evidence in Rape Trials (1997).Member, Home Office Sexual Offences Review, 1999-2000

• PREFACE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; TABLE OF CASES ; TABLE OF STATUTES ; 1. Rape, Rape Victims and the Criminal Justice System ; 2. Defining and Redefining Rape ; 3. Alternative Approaches ; 4. Evidence ; 5. Assisting the Victims of Rape ; 6. Conclusion ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

This second edition of Jennifer Temkin's work has been eagerly awaited and it does not disappoint ... very easy to read ... The data is very recent and the analysis is both detailed and interesting.