Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking M. Horvath and J. Brown (Eds.). Cullompton: Willan (2009) 353pp. £58.00hb ISBN 978-1-84392-519-4 £26.99pb ISBN 978-1-84392-520-0

In mid-September 2010, I read an article in The Times that stated that rape conviction rates in the UK (6.5%) were not only at the bottom of the list of 33 European countries, but also that victims complained about how the police treated them (‘without any care’ stated one victim). From a social-psychological perspective this book embraces these issues and others surrounding the gap between reported rape cases and the criminal justice system....