Forcible Rape: An Updated Bibliography

Abstract

As third in a series of bibliographies on rape, the first by Chappell, Geis and Fogarty (including sources published through 1973)1 and the second by Feild and Barnett (covering sources published since January 1974 through 1977),2 this bibliography provides a reference source for the growing literature on rape. Many of the same trends evident in the two preceding bibliographies are apparent here. The literature focuses on the victim's rights and reactions. While the previous bibliographies focused on the social and psychological aspects of rape, the present bibliography, while not ignoring these areas, focuses on the legal literature of rape. To be more helpful to researchers interested in rape, the legal literature has been divided into a number of additional subtopics. For example, great attention has been given to marital rape, warranting a separate category.