Download or read book Four Theories of Rape in American Society written by Larry Baron and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are in much greater danger of being raped in some American states than in others. Baron (Center for the Study of Women, UCLA) and Straus (sociology, U. of New Hampshire) examine the evidence in support of four seemingly contradictory theories and integrate them into a single sociocultural theory that accounts for these differences in the incidence of rape. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)