A History of Rape: Sexual Violence in France from the 16th to the 20th CenturyISBN: 978-0-7456-2170-8
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320 pages
January 2001, Polity
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Part One: The Ancien RUgime, Violence And Blasphemy.
Chapter 1: A Violence Like Any Other?.
Chapter 2: The Degradation That Concealed Violence.
Chapter 3: The Absence Of The Subject That Concealed Violence.
Part Two: The Revision And Relative Impotence Of The Code.
Chapter 1: Public Opinion, The 'Libertine' And The Victim At The End Of The Eighteenth Century.
Chapter 2: The Emergence Of Child Rape.
Chapter 3: Revolution Through The Codes.
Part Three: Modern Law And The Range Of Acts.
Chapter 1: A New Curiosity At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century.
Chapter 2: Defining Affront And Assault.
Chapter 3: Recognizing 'Moral Violence'.
Chapter 4: An 'Increase' In Rape And A 'Decrease' In Violence?.
Part Four: Inventing The Rapist.
Chapter 1: Rape-murder At The End Of The Nineteenth Century.
Chapter 2: Investigating The Rapist.
Chapter 3: Deviance And Marginals.
Chapter 4: The Beginnings Of A Psychology.
Part 5: The Moral Debate: Rape And Society Today.
Chapter 1: From Trying Rapists To Trying Rape.
Chapter 2 The Collapse Of The Old Order.
Chapter 3; At Risk From The Law: Condemnation And Treatment.
Conclusion.
Notes