Bodies in Evidence: Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication
Author
Heather R. Hlavka and Sameena Mulla
Content
vii + 299 pp., ill., bibl., index
Publication date
2021
Publisher
New York: New York University Press
Description
Based on fieldwork in the Milwaukee County court system in Wisconsin from 2010 to 2014 at more than 650 court appearances and hearings, court records, and interviews with experts and participants. Uses collaborative ethnography and feminist epistemology to analyze narratives about sexual violence, the effects of gender and race, the weight of forensic evidence, and the contributions of the adjudication system to violence and oppression.
Hlavka, Heather R., and Sameena Mulla. Bodies in Evidence: Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication. New York: New York University Press, 2021. Sylvia. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://sylvia.library.wisc.edu/catalog/SYL1868.
