Realities of Rape: Of Science and Politics, Causes and Meanings

Jones, Owen D.

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Realities of Rape: Of Science and Politics, Causes and Meanings

Owen D. Jones

Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1386, 2001

Abstract:
This review essay discusses the book A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion, by Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer (MIT Press, 2000). The essay builds on work previously appearing in Owen D. Jones, Sex, Culture, and the Biology of Rape: Toward Explanation and Prevention, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 827 (1999) and Owen D. Jones, Law and the Biology of Rape: Reflections on Transitions, 11 Hastings Women's Law Journal 151 (2000).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 37

Keywords: Rape, Biology, Behavioral Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Analysis in Law

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Date posted: November 2, 2004

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Jones, Owen D., Realities of Rape: Of Science and Politics, Causes and Meanings. Cornell Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1386, 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=611942

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