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Rape Messaging.

Alena Allen1

  • 1University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

Fordham Law Review
|March 7, 2019
PubMed
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Criminal law reforms have failed to change attitudes about rape, leading to low conviction rates. Public health interventions, not further legal changes, are needed to denormalize rape and improve victim outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Criminology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Feminist advocacy in the 1970s aimed to reform rape laws, challenging the notion that women lie about sexual assault.
  • Legal reforms like eliminating resistance requirements and rape shield laws have not translated into societal attitude shifts.
  • Rape allegations continue to be dismissed by law enforcement and prosecutors, perpetuating harmful gender norms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of decades of criminal law reforms in addressing rape.
  • To argue for a shift from reactive legal reforms to proactive public health interventions for rape prevention.
  • To propose a public health campaign to denormalize rape and improve victim support.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the impact of criminal law reforms on rape attitudes and conviction rates.

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  • Drawing parallels with successful public health interventions for AIDS and tobacco.
  • Developing a proposal for a public health campaign focused on changing rape messaging.

    • Main Results:

    • Criminal law reforms have had a limited impact on deterring rape and increasing convictions.
    • Legal reforms have inadvertently reinforced gender norms and devalued acquaintance rapes.
    • Attitudinal changes regarding rape have not occurred despite legal advancements.

    Conclusions:

    • Further ex post criminal law reforms are insufficient for effectively combating rape.
    • Ex ante public health interventions are a more promising strategy for denormalizing rape.
    • A comprehensive public health campaign is advocated to change rape messaging and enhance victim outcomes.