{"product_id":"book-dngt","title":"Is Rape a Crime?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Said\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eLucky\u003c\/i\u003e in Michelle Bowdler's provocative debut, telling the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of society's most serious crimes goes largely uninvestigated.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe crime of rape sizzles like a lightning strike. It pounces, flattens, destroys. A person stands whole, and in a moment of unexpected violence, that life, that body is gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler's memoir indicts how sexual violence has been addressed for decades in our society, asking whether rape is a crime given that it is the least reported major felony, least successfully prosecuted, and fewer than 3% of rapists ever spend a day in jail. Cases are closed before they are investigated and DNA evidence sits for years untested and disregarded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRape in this country is not treated as a crime of brutal violence but as a parlor game of he said \/ she said. It might be laughable if it didn’t work so much of the time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiven all this, it seems fair to ask whether rape is actually a crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1984, the Boston Sexual Assault Unit was formed as a result of a series of break-ins and rapes that terrorized the city, of which Michelle’s own horrific rape was the last. Twenty years later, after a career of working with victims like herself, Michelle decides to find out what happened to her case and why she never heard from the police again after one brief interview.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs Rape a Crime?\u003c\/i\u003e is an expert blend of memoir and cultural investigation, Michelle's story is a rallying cry to reclaim our power and right our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Urgent...an indictment of one of the most glaring contradictions of the US criminal justice system.” — \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intimate, powerful...An urgent, necessary, stark exploration of 'one of the most horrific violations that can happen to a human being.'\" — \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Provocative...Exhaustive research adds veracity to Bowdler’s powerful account of rape’s devastating aftermath. This is a brilliant study of how society views rape.\" — \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369940263216,"sku":"BDdngt","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49369940328752,"sku":"40dngt","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/105714-dngt-Square.jpg?v=1734639462","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dngt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}