| Description |
xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index. |
| Contents |
Rape law and prevalence research -- Russell's survey on the incidence and prevalence of rape in San Francisco -- Rapes reported to the police: a comparison of the FBI's and Russell's data -- The federal goverment's estimates of the incidence of rape -- The prevalence of rape: other representative samples, part 1 -- The prevalence of rape: other representative samples, part 2 -- Is the rape rate really decreasing? Trends in rape rates over time -- Child sexual abuse, the law, and researchers' definitions -- The incidence of child sexual abuse -- Russell's survey of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in San Francisco -- The prevalence of child sexual abuse: other representative samples, part 1 -- The prevalence of child sexual abuse: other representative samples, part 2 -- Comparisons of child sexual abuse prevalence rates -- The epidemic of child rape: reality and new myth -- The backlash: feminists blamed for creating a phantom epidemic of rape and child sexual abuse / Diana E.H. Russell -- The epidemic of rape and child sexual abuse: a national emergency. |
| Subject |
Rape -- Research -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Child sexual abuse -- Research -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Victims of crimes surveys -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Rape -- United States.
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Child Abuse, Sexual -- United States.
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Evaluation Studies as Topic -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Bolen, Rebecca Morris.
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| ISBN |
0761903011 cloth alkaline paper |
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076190302X paperback alkaline paper |
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