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- Title
Police Surgeons and Victims of Rape: Cultures of Harm and Care.
- Authors
Bourke, Joanna
- Abstract
Between the late 1960s and the late 1980s, police surgeons found themselves under concerted attack for their treatment of victims of rape and sexual assault. This article explores the tensions they faced between the needs of victims and their legal responsibilities. Should they prioritise care or the collection of evidence? How did they respond to criticism and why were reforms inadequate? I show how institutional structures and ideologies help explain the longevity of cultures of harm within the sub-discipline of police doctors. However, to understand the tenacity of these practices, we need to interrogate more fundamental processes associated with bodily interactions, emotion and language.
- Subjects
ABUSE of police; SURGEONS; RAPE victims; SEXUAL abuse victims; LEGAL liability; CRIMINAL evidence processing; FORENSIC medicine; MEDICAL examiners (Law)
- Publication
Social History of Medicine, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 4, p711
- ISSN
0951-631X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/shm/hky016