Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer is a difficult work to read, written by one of America’s top non-fiction writers. Krakauer investigates the acts of sexual violence committed by members of the University of Montana football players during the last decade.
The work is about these cases, but also about the wider problem of violence against women in our country. He examines the various aspects of rape and sexual violence, from the effects on victims, the involvement of law enforcement, and the prosecution, or lack thereof, of reported rape cases.
This is a challenging book to read; the descriptions of sexual crimes are graphic and distributing. There is also the palpable sense that we have a problem of massive proportions on our hands, with little in the way of quick answers. Yet this work goes a long way in helping to define the parameters of this horrible problem. It should be a mandatory book for college freshmen.
The work is about these cases, but also about the wider problem of violence against women in our country. He examines the various aspects of rape and sexual violence, from the effects on victims, the involvement of law enforcement, and the prosecution, or lack thereof, of reported rape cases.
This is a challenging book to read; the descriptions of sexual crimes are graphic and distributing. There is also the palpable sense that we have a problem of massive proportions on our hands, with little in the way of quick answers. Yet this work goes a long way in helping to define the parameters of this horrible problem. It should be a mandatory book for college freshmen.
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