| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 313 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Sage library of social research ; 185 |
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Sage library of social research ; v. 185.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The crime of rape -- Legal definitions of rape -- Types of rape -- Incidence of rape -- National crime survey techniques that undermine rape disclosure -- Prevalence studies of rape -- The causes of rape -- 2. Trauma of rape -- An ecological model of rape trauma -- Phases of response to rape -- The male victim -- Symptomatic responses to rape -- Cognitive impact of rape -- Person characteristics that affect rape response -- Event characteristics that affect rape response -- Posttraumatic stress disorder in rape victims -- A behavioral-cognitive conceptualization of rape aftereffects -- Clinical screening for assault history -- Psychometric assessment of rape aftereffects -- 3. Rape as a community issue -- Defining "community" -- Functions of communities -- The community as "ecosystem" -- A resource perspective -- Case example" date rape on college campuses -- The adaptive nature of community change -- Initiating change in a community's response to rape -- Assessing local services -- Components of a communitywide response to rape -- Social action, community education, and prevention -- A community needs assessment tool -- Conclusion -- 4. The rape crisis center -- The rape crisis center movement -- Feminist origins of the rape crisis center movement -- A feminist analysis of rape -- Social change initiatives -- Empowering services -- Feminist organizations -- Rape Crisis Center research -- A study of nine exemplary rape crisis centers -- Conclusion -- 5. The clinical treatment of rape victims -- Challenges of working with rape victims -- Single-session debriefing for the victim of rape -- Criteria of recovery -- Integrative treatment of nonrecent rape -- 6. Group treatment for survivors -- Research on group treatment -- The rationale for group treatment -- Group treatment and recovery -- A range of group treatment approaches -- Designing a survivors' group -- Group treatment within the victims of violence program -- Conclusion -- 7. Preventing sexual assault -- Preventive mental health care -- Prevention, public health, and epidemiology -- Prevention and the promotion of competence -- The primary prevention of sexual assault -- Competence-based primary rape prevention strategies -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Rape -- United States.
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Rape victims -- Services for -- United States.
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Rape victims -- Counseling of -- United States.
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Community mental health services -- United States.
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Community Mental Health Services.
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Crisis Intervention.
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Rape.
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| Indexed Term |
Rape victims |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Harvey, Mary R.
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| ISBN |
0803938942 cloth |
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0803938950 paper |
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