• Highly topical subject as many governments are currently considering the enactment of major reforms of the law in this area
• Much comparative international material examining howrape is dealt with in different jurisdictions
• Fully up-dated to include abolition of the marital rape exemption, changes in the law on anonymity, sexual history evidence, procedural developments contained in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 and male rape

Readership: lawyers, criminologists, sociologists, those working in the criminal justice system, social workers and forensic medical examiners

Jennifer Temkin, University of Sussex

"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." - Journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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