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17 Geo. J. Gender & L. 521 (2016)
Bars to Justice: The Impact of Rape Myths on Women in Prison

handle is hein.journals/grggenl17 and id is 530 raw text is: ARTICLES BARS TO JUSTICE: THE IMPACT OF RAPE MYTHS ON WOMEN IN PRISON HANNAH BRENNER,* KATHLEEN DARCY,** GINA FEDOCK,*** SHERYL KUBIAK**** TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................... 522 I. IDEAL VICTIM DISCOURSE ............................. 529 A. HISTORY, RELEVANCE, AND IMPACT OF RAPE MYTHS ........... 529 B. Is THERE AN IDEAL RAPE VICTIM? ................... 533 II. How RAPE MYTHS INTERACT WITH PRISON CULTURE AND PRECLUDE IDEAL VICTIMHOOD. ............................... 536 A. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN PRISON: DEFINITIONS AND BACKGROUND ................................... 537 B. IDEAL VICTIMS AND PRISON CULTURE ................. 539 1. Attributes of the Victim's Character and Behavior ..... 540 2. Attributes of the Perpetrator ..................... 543 3. Attributes of the Crime Itself ..................... 548 III. RESPONDING TO THE PREVALENCE OF RAPE MYTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE IDEAL VICTIM DISCOURSE: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE ......................... 551 A. FAILURES OF CLOSED PRISON SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE R ESPONSE ...................................... 553 * Lecturer in Law & Co-Director, Frank J. Kelley Institute of Ethics & the Legal Profession, Michigan State University College of Law. JD, University of Iowa College of Law, 1998. I am grateful, always, to A. Magnusson for the endless conversation, and also to Kristine Peterson for graciously providing me a room of my own in which to write over the past four years. Thanks to attorney Deborah LaBelle for her extraordinary work litigating the class action lawsuit, Neal v. Department Of Corrections, from which this research project stems. Her commitment to finding justice for victims of sexual violence is inspiring. Mark Totten, Catherine Grosso, as well as the faculty at California Western School of Law offered helpful comments along the way. This project would not have been possible without the expertise from the NSF Team, including Professors and Co-Project Investigators Deborah Bybee and Rebecca Campbell. Emily Gillingham, Emily Jefferson, Melanie Smith, and Rachael Goodman-Williams provided exceptional research assistance. © 2016, Hannah Brenner, Kathleen Darcy, Gina Fedock, and Sheryl Kubiak. Legal Fellow, Michigan State University. JD, Michigan State University College of Law 2013. *** Assistant Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Work. PhD, Michigan State University School of Social Work 2015. **** Professor, Michigan State University School of Social Work. PhD, University of Michigan 2002.

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