The former prosecutor in the Queens district attorney's office--who specialized in cases of rape, incest, and child sexual abuse--recounts her most notable cases and exposes a system weighted against victims. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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From Publishers Weekly
In 1982, after seven years as a public defender in Manhattan, Vachss became chief of the Special Victims Bureau in the district attorney's office in Queens, where she vigorously prosecuted sex criminals for 10 years. In 1992 she was fired for openly criticizing her superiors. Vachss contends that "there seems to be a residuum of empathy for rapists that crosses all gender, class, and professional barriers." Judges, juries, defense attorneys, police and even prosecutors, she charges, frequently collaborate "in giving the rapist a break." Vachss describes inside details of office politics and courtroom practices which show how such "collaboration" occurs. Angry, insightful and righteous, this memoir recounts specific cases against pedophiles, serial rapists and incest offenders.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Vachss, who is married to crime novelist Andrew Vachss, here describes her experiences as, first, an assistant district attorney, prosecuting primarily sex crimes, then as chief of the Special Victims Bureau in the Queens, N.Y., District Attorney's Office, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In a true sense, Vachss was a pioneer. She brought a passion for justice to an area of crime that had historically been seen as the victim's fault. The rights of women and children were just developing; marital rape was not considered a crime; date rape had not been discovered; and sex criminals were routinely treated leniently. Vachss had to work not only to prosecute these criminals but also to change the ingrained attitudes of those she describes as "rape collaborators"--the police, the judiciary, and juries--all of whom were products of a male-dominated culture. After ten years of crossing too many people, she was fired--but not before she successfully helped open society's eyes to these crimes. Her engrossing and insightful book is highly recommended.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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