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Rape work : victims, gender and emotion in organization and community context Patricia Yancey Martin

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xv, 280 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0-415-92775-7 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.883 MAR
Summary: Despite the increase in rape crisis centres and improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the last twenty years, many rape victims find themselves victims of a "second rape" by the doctors, lawyers, judges and administrators who process them. Using interviews, studies and archives, this book takes a critical look at the officials who process rape victims to show how the structure of their respective organisations often prevents them from giving victims responsive care. (From the back cover). Record #5036
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Despite the increase in rape crisis centres and improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the last twenty years, many rape victims find themselves victims of a "second rape" by the doctors, lawyers, judges and administrators who process them. Using interviews, studies and archives, this book takes a critical look at the officials who process rape victims to show how the structure of their respective organisations often prevents them from giving victims responsive care. (From the back cover). Record #5036