Impact of Rape Reform Legislation in Six Major Urban Jurisdictions in the United States, 1970-1985

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Principal Investigator(s): Horney, Julie; Spohn, Cassia

Summary: Despite the fact that most states enacted rape reform legislation by the mid-1980s, empirical research on the effect of these laws was conducted in only four states and for a limited time span following the reform. The purpose of this study was to provide both increased breadth and depth of information about the effect of the rape law changes and the legal issues that surround them. Statistical data on all rape cases between 1970 and 1985 in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06923.v1

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