Book ID: CBB899827260

The Technoscientific Witness of Rape: Contentious Histories of Law, Feminism, and Forensic Science (2017)

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Quinlan, Andrea (Author)


University of Toronto Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 254
Language: English

In 1984, the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit (SAEK) was dubbed "Ontario's most successful rapist trap." Since then, the kit has become the key source of evidence in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault as well as a symbol of victims' improved access to care and justice. Unfortunately, the SAEK has failed to live up to these promises. The Technoscientific Witness of Rape is the first book to chart the thirty year history of the sexual assault evidence kit and its role in a criminal justice system that re-victimizes many assault victims in their quest for medical treatment and justice. Drawing on actor-network theory and feminist technology studies, Andrea Quinlan combs through sixty-two interviews with police, nurses, scientists, and lawyers, as well as archival records and legal cases to trace changes in sexual assault forensics, law, advocacy, and anti-violence activism in Ontario. Through this history Quinlan bravely and provocatively argues that the SAEK reflects and reinforces the criminal justice system's distrust of sexual assault victims. (Worldcat)

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Authors & Contributors
Iván Chaar-López
Saumitra Basu
Jinee Lokaneeta
Maayan Sudai
Hof-Kenyon, Elke
Hamm, Richard F.
Concepts
Forensic sciences
Police; criminal justice departments
Criminal law
Science and law
Criminology
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
India
Great Britain
Thailand
England
Wales
Institutions
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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