| |||||||||||||||
This unprecedented in-depth account of how our major institutions respond to the crime of rape is the first empirical study of rape victims in the United States as they come into contact with the police, the hospital, and the court. It presents the often devastating effects of institutional processing of rape victims.
The authors, a sociologist and a psychiatric nurse, provide direct, on-the-scene reports of how rape victims endure the institutional process.
"The Victim of Rape provides a model for future research on the underside of human encounters with legal and social service agencies."
—Honorable Mention, 1978 C. Wright Mills Award
“A provocative book… excellent supplementary reading for courses in social problems, medical sociology, sociology of law and social institutions.”
—Sociology
Lynda Lytle Holmstrom is professor of sociology at Boston College. She is author of The Two Career Family and co-author, with Ann Burgess, of numerous publications on sexual assault.
Ann Wolbert Burgess is associate director of nursing research for the department of health and hospitals, the city of Boston. She has chaired the Rape Prevention and Control Advisory Committee of Health and Human Services and co-founded, with Lynda Holmstrom, the Victim Counseling Program at Boston City Hospital.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
