{"product_id":"carnal-crimes-constance-backhouse-9781552211786","title":"Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2009 Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and powerful book about sexual assault crimes in Canadian history by one of Canada's foremost legal historians. Using a case-study approach, Constance Backhouse explores nine sexual assault trials from across the country throughout the twentieth century. We move from small towns to large cities, from the Maritimes to the Northwest Territories, from the suffrage era to the period of the women's liberation movement. Each of these richly-textured vignettes offers insight into the failure of the criminal justice system to protect women from sexual assault, and each is highly readable and provocative. The most moving chapters document the law's refusal to accommodate a woman who could only give evidence in sign language, and the heartbreak of a child rape trial. Backhouse deals sensitively and deftly with these difficult stories.\u003cp\u003e This book is the best kind of legal history--a vivid exploration of the past which also gives us the tools to assess the efficacy (or in this case lack of efficacy) of the legal system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Published for the Osgoode Society for Legal History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constance Backhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552211789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552211786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Irwin Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constance Backhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748350177535,"sku":"9781552211786","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carnal-crimes-constance-backhouse-9781552211786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}