NCJ Number
15464
Date Published
1974
Length
311 pages
Annotation
TWENTY-TWO ACCOUNTS OF ACTUAL CASES OF RAPE AS TOLD TO THE AUTHOR-INTERVIEWER BY THE RAPE VICTIMS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED OVER 80 RAPE VICTIMS PRIOR TO WRITING THIS BOOK DESIGNED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF RAPE VICTIMS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO PRESENTING THE VICTIM'S PERSPECTIVE, ONE CHAPTER IS INCLUDED ON RAPE FROM THE RAPIST'S VIEWPOINT. A CHAPTER IS ALSO DEVOTED TO WAYS WOMEN CAN AVOID RAPE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH RAPE WHEN ATTEMPTS TO AVOID IT FAIL. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A COPY OF 'RAPE PREVENTION TACTICS AND ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE RAPED', PUBLISHED BY THE BAY AREA WOMEN AGAINST RAPE.