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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786184003321

Autore

Martin Patricia Yancey

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-05698-X

1-283-96185-7

0-203-61445-3

1-136-05690-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on gender

Disciplina

362.883

Soggetti

Rape victims - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Rape Work; 2 Rape Work in Organizational Context; 3 The Legal Institution: Why Police, Prosecutors, and Judges Collaborate with Rapists and Their Defenders; 4 Hospitals-The Reluctant Partner; 5 Rape Crisis Centers as Unobtrusive Mobilizers; 6 Discursive Politics; 7 Communities and Rape Work; 8 Gender and Rape Work; 9 The Emotions of Rape Work: ""You Need Some Really Soft Handling""; 10 Moving Forward; Appendix A Research Methods and Data; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; References

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the proliferation of rape crisis centers and other improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the past 20 years, many victims still find themselves the victims of what has been called a ""second rape"" by doctors, lawyers, judges, police, and administrators that process them. This book takes a critical look at the organizations and officials that process rape victims to see how the structure of their respective organizations often prevent them from providing responsive care.