Handbook on Sexual Violence

ISBN-13: 9780415670715 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 544 str.

Jennifer M. Brown;Sandra Walklate

Opis

Written by leading academics from a variety of disciplines, this book situates the complexity of violence within its broader context and covers a wide span of sexual violence including sexual harassment, bullying and murder as well as domestic violence.

Spis treści

Preface: Standing the Test of Time? Reflections on the Concept of the Continuum of Sexual Violence, Introduction  Part 1: Legacies: Setting the Scene  Introduction  1. Sexual Violence in History: A Contemporary Heritage?  2. Sexual Violence in Literature: A Cultural Heritage?  3. The Legal Heritage of the Crime of Rape  4. Can You Count It? The Policy Heritage  5. Developments in Investigative Approaches to Rape and Domestic Violence: The Investigative Heritage  6. Practitioner Commentary  Part 2: Theories and Concepts  Introduction  7.  Psychological Perspectives on Sexual Violence: Generating a General Theory  8. On Sociological Perspectives  9. Family Violence and Family Safety: Working Therapeutically with Victims, Perpetrators, Survivors and their Families  10. Violence and Prostitution: Beyond the Notion of a ‘Continuum of Sexual Violence’  11. Practitioner Commentary  Part 3: Acts of Sexual Violence  Introduction  12. Silencing Rape, Silencing Women  13.  Co-Ordinating Responses to Domestic Violence  14. Destroying Women: Sexual Murder and Feminism  15. Violence, Sex and the Child  16. Under their Parents Noses – Online Solicitation of Young People  17.  Practitioner Commentary  Part 4: Responding to Sexual Violence  Introduction  18. Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Orientation in the Workplace  19. Public Sector and Voluntary Sector Response: Supporting Victims  20. Public Sector and Voluntary Sector Responses: Dealing with Sex Offenders  21. Changing the Community Response to Rape: The Promise of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programmes  22. Practitioner Commentary  23. Conclusion; Taking Stock, Plus ca Change, Plus c’est la Meme Chose?

O autorze

Jennifer Brown is currently visiting professor at the London School of Economics’ Mannheim Centre for Criminal Justice. Prior to that she ran the Crime and Justice @ Surrey. From 2005 to 2008 she was Head of the Psychology Department. From 1995-1996 she was a Principal Lecturer, Institute of Police and Criminological Studies, University of Portsmouth responsible for several modules on the masters programme taught by distance learning. For the period 1987-1995 she held the post of Research Manager for the Hampshire Constabulary. Sandra Walklate is currently Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool having held posts previously at Manchester Metropolitan University, Keele University, Salford University and Liverpool John Moores. She has written extensively on criminal victimisation and throughout her career has worked with a number of police forces and victim support organisations both as a volunteer and in a training capacity.