NCJ Number
18646
Date Published
1974
Length
320 pages
Annotation
PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS, MOTIVATIONS OF THE OFFENDERS, INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS IN DEALING WITH RAPE AND DISCUSSES PROVEN, COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND VICTIM COUNSELING.
Abstract
FOLLOWING SEVERAL CASE STUDIES ON VICTIMS' AND RAPISTS' VIEWS OF RAPE, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS REACTIONS TO RAPE. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE RAPE TRAUMA SYNDROME, POLICE, THE FAMILY, THE HOSPITAL, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR RAPE VICTIMS. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE CRISIS INTERVENTION AND COUNSELING THE VICTIMS.