书籍 Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town的封面

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

Jon Krakauer

出版社

Doubleday

出版时间

2015-04-21

ISBN

9780385538732

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

Missoula, Montana is a typical college town, home to a highly regarded state university whose beloved football team inspires a passionately loyal fan base. Between January 2008 and May 2012, hundreds of students reported sexual assaults to the local police. Few of the cases were properly handled by either the university or local authorities. In this, Missoula is also typical.

In these pages, acclaimed journalist Jon Krakauer investigates a spate of campus rapes that occurred in Missoula over a four-year period. Taking the town as a case study for a crime that is sadly prevalent throughout the nation, Krakauer documents the experiences of five victims: their fear and self-doubt in the aftermath; the skepticism directed at them by police, prosecutors, and the public; their bravery in pushing forward and what it cost them. These stories cut through abstract ideological debate about acquaintance rape to demonstrate that it does not happen because women are sending mixed signals or seeking attention. They are victims of a terrible crime, deserving of fairness from our justice system. Rigorously researched, rendered in incisive prose, Missoula stands as an essential call to action.

用户评论
如果想了解美国社会以及美国法律体制,请读这本non-fiction书。
又是一本让我目瞪口呆的书。Rape,尤其是在非陌生人之间,是有很多灰色地带的。此时的心想不能说明、确认那时的情绪。美国的司法体制也是让人大开眼界。才会有这么多的innocent project.
虽然有的内容有些重复,但结合这两年越来越多的女性勇敢地站出来揭露这些事件,以及#metoo的运动,这类纪实调查类书的存在还是很有意义的
很多问题,足以让人不再看Kraukauer
中间重复过多。预先设定视角,没有完全体现出案件充满争议的地方。
It takes a whole village to cover up a rape.