Marital rape laws

Title

Marital rape laws

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

Labour MP, Clare Short on the ruling that rape in marriage will now be a prosecutable crime: how welcome the change is, how long it has taken; the definition of the new law; the continuing difficulty of proving a crime has taken place; the frequency of rape within marriage. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Clare Short

Keywords

Legislation; Crime; Law; Women; Marriage; Married women; Rape; Sexual violence

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