The Guilt Project

by Vanessa Place
The Guilt Project
  • ISBN-13: 9781590517505
  • Author(s): Vanessa Place
  • Subject: Crime & criminology|crime & criminology
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Group
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Publication Date: 06-08-2015
  • Format: p/b

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Vanessa Place examines the ambiguity of rape law by presenting cases where guilt lies, but lies uneasily, and leads into larger ethical questions of what defines guilt, what is justice and what is considered just punishment. The Guilt õThe Guilt Projectù looks at the way the American legal system defines, prosecutes and punishes sex offenders, how this questionable justice has transformed our conception of who is guilty and how they ought to be treated, and how this has come to undo our deeper humanity.
About the book

Vanessa Place examines the ambiguity of rape law by presenting cases where guilt lies, but lies uneasily, and leads into larger ethical questions of what defines guilt, what is justice and what is considered just punishment. The Guilt õThe Guilt Projectù looks at the way the American legal system defines, prosecutes and punishes sex offenders, how this questionable justice has transformed our conception of who is guilty and how they ought to be treated, and how this has come to undo our deeper humanity.