Missoula - Jon Krakauer

Missoula Montana is home to a highly regarded state university whose beloved football team-the Grizzlies-inspires a rabidly loyal fan base. Between January 2008 and May 2012 the Department of Justice investigated 350 ual assaults reported by students to the Missoula police. Many of the alleged perpetrators played for the Grizzlies. Few of the cases were properly handled by either the university or local authorities. In Missoula Krakauer chronicles the searing experiences of some of the victims-the nights when they were raped; their fear and self-doubt in the aftermath; the way they were treated by police prosecutors and defense attorneys; their bravery in pushing forward and what it cost them. Krakauer's dispassionate rigorously documented account of what these women endured cuts through the abstract ideological debate about campus rape. College-age women are not raped because they are promiscuous or send mixed signals or seek attention. They are the victims of a terrible crime deserving of fairness from a justice system that is clearly broken.

TITLE: Missoula

AUTHOR: Jon Krakauer

SKU: 9780804170567

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf

DATE PUBLISHED: 15/01/2016

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 384

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 131 mm x 199 mm x 23 mm

WEIGHT: 304 gr