Sexual abuse and harassment Books

Book SynopsisDisability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how - as evidenced in the survivors' narratives - patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem. Based on the accounts of seven disabled individuals who were sexually abused in childhood, the book highlights a wide range of pertinent issues. Through case vignettes and empirical research, the authors ask practitioners to scrutinise their current professional practice, exploring participants' experiences of hospitalisation, education systems and local authorities. They consider the issue of who abuses and why, and highlight issues relating to the complexities involved in revisiting past experiences and confronting unwarranted and unwanted feelings of responsibility. The difficulty of recounting the abuse narrative is also examined within the research context.This book will be relevant for professionals and students in the social, health and education services, such as social workers, teachers and counsellors. It will also offer insights for those seeking a less disablist society, including disabled people themselves.Trade ReviewThis book places powerful individual narratives firmly at its centre, which gives it significant strength and credibility... The clarity of perspective on the meaning of disability and its links to abuse gives this book an unusual legitimacy. -- Child Abuse ReviewFor anyone wishing to develop their understanding of the social model of disability this book is a useful text... Higgins speaks openly about the personal and professional experience she brings as researcher to this project. She gives a thorough account of some of the ethical and practical considerations encountered whilst using a narrative approach...This text gave me a reminder of the impact of the social model in this area and the need to re-examine practice and policy in light of this. -- Professional Social WorkThis book enables the reader to understand the social context in which the sexual abuse of disabled children occurs and the impact of that abuse upon the individual concerned... this is one of the strengths of the book, as it serves to remind the reader not only of the emotionally and physically destructive impact sexual abuse can have, but also of the effects of growing up disabled in a society that devalues children and adults with impairments. The book covers a wide range of issues, weaving in the individuals' stories throughout. It highlights the social context of the sexual abuse of disabled children and makes the pint that despite knowledge that disabled children are a vulnerable group, the dearth of research in this area perhaps mirrors the de-valued status disabled people have in society. The stories told by the participants draw attention to how being undervalued by family members can impact upon disabled children's views of themselves, most often in a negative way, leading to loss of self-esteem... Disability and Child Sexual Abuse is a book that contains a wealth of information and would be of great use to any practitioner working with disabled children or adults. -- oxfordjournal.org, Rachel Clawson, Development Manager, Safeguarding Disabled Children Services, Ann Craft Trust and Special Lecturer, Centre for Social Work, University of NottinghamThis is an important and well-written book which addresses subjects such as infanticide and false memory syndrome with a capable and compassionate attitude. The authors write of the need to distinguish between 'narrative truth' conveyed during the therapeutic process as opposed to 'historical truth' which is associated with facts and the legal connotations. -- Therapy TodayChildren and young people with disabilities are at the highest risk of all forms of abuse. Until comparatively recently the vulnerability of children with disabilities to sexual abuse have been denied or dismissed using expressions such as, 'They don't understand what happened' or even, 'She probably asked for it'. In this unique book, Martina Higgins and John Swain have for the first time given victims with disabilities a voice. Disability and Child Sexual Abuse effectively combines life histories with theory to provide valuable insights for all those working with abuse survivors, children and adults with disabilities and, I hope, will lead to better protection and support. -- Emeritus Professor Freda Briggs AO, University of South AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Seven Disabled People with Telling Stories. 2. Narrative and Enabling Stories of Child Abuse. 3. An Abusive Society? 4. The Double Whammy Effect. 5. Expressions and Survival of Pain. 6. Organizational Abuse. 7. Who Abuses and Why? 8. Collective Identities. 9. Narratives of the Narrative. 10. Conclusion: towards a Non-Abusive Society. References. Index

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Book SynopsisVictims of sexual and physical trauma can feel lost and disconnected from themselves and others. Christiane Sanderson's new book explains how counsellors can restore connection to self and others, and facilitate recovery within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship.To understand fully the harm caused by interpersonal trauma, professionals must first recognize its complex nature, and the psychological and emotional impact of exposure to control and terror. This book examines the therapeutic techniques and specific challenges faced by professionals when working with survivors of interpersonal trauma. The author explores issues such as safety and protection, the long-term effects of trauma and the importance of visiting past experiences and assessing their impact on the present.This book is essential reading for counsellors, therapists, social workers, mental health professionals, health care professionals including GPs and midwives, legal professionals and all those working with survivors of interpersonal trauma such as sexual violence, child abuse, domestic abuse, elder abuse, institutional abuse and abuse by professionals.Trade ReviewThis informative and comprehensive work sets out to illuminate the nature of abuse that occurs within trusting, dependent or attached relationships... The author makes effective use of summary boxes and diagrams to highlight the key points of each chapter. Particularly valuable is the inclusion of moving and powerful case vignettes to bring emotional valence to the themes discussed and to place them in a real]life context. There are also useful suggestions for further reading... the book is written in an appropriately scientific style, making use of clinical evidence and research from the therapeutic field to support the author's assertions and providing sensible suggestions for work in this area. The expertise and wealth of clinical experience of the author are very much in evidence... clearly written, comprehensive and accessible, providing almost everything a therapist needs to know about working with those who have experienced interpersonal abuse. The focus on the complexity of interpersonal abuse and the devotion of a separate chapter to each form of abuse distinguish it from most other books in this field. I would recommend it as a must]read for a broad range of professionals and others working with survivors of abuse. -- Child Abuse ReviewI would strongly urge counsellors, psychotherapists, trainers, educators, curriculum developers and other helping professionals to consider this text as essentiial and core reading, because a strength of the work is that it is grounded in the author's 21 years of clinical experience, and supported with references from current and contemporary research findings. -- The Independent PractitionerTable of ContentsIntroduction. PART I. Chapter 1. What is Interpersonal Trauma? Chapter 2. The Dynamics of Interpersonal Trauma. Chapter 3. The Impact and Long Term Effects of Interpersonal Trauma. Chapter 4. Creating a Secure Base: Fundamental Principles of Safe Trauma Therapy Chapter 5 Working with Interpersonal Trauma. PART II. Chapter 6. Child Abuse as Interpersonal Trauma. Chapter 7. Child Sexual Abuse as Interpersonal Trauma. Chapter 8. Rape as Interpersonal trauma . Chapter 9. Sexual Exploitation: Child and Adult Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery Chapter 10. Domestic Abuse as Interperosnal Trauma. Chapter 11. Elder Abuse as Interpersonal Trauma Chapter 12. Institutional Abuse as Interpersonal Trauma Chapter 13. Professional Abuse as Interpersonal Trauma Chapter 14. Professional Challenges and Impact of Counselling Survivors of Interperosnal Trauma. PART III. Chapter 15. Professional Issues. Chapter 16. Impact of Counselling Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma. Resources. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisWith statistics showing that 1 in 5 women have experienced some form of sexual abuse, it is likely that all birth professionals will support a survivor of such abuse at some point during their career. This book provides practical advice for those supporting these women throughout their pregnancy, labour, and postnatal periods.The impact of past sexual abuse on women during these periods is often underestimated, and this book shows the need for greater compassion and understanding in maternity services regarding this issue. Drawing on a vast range of research and expertise, this book includes details on the identifiable behaviours of survivors, how to respond when someone says they are a survivor, positive stories, and appropriate language to use. This book is for any care provider who wants to help pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period become a healing experience for those carrying trauma, and to support these survivors with compassion, respect and kindness.Trade ReviewMany women who have experienced sexual abuse find giving birth traumatising. Using vivid and moving case studies, this book offers excellent guidance on supporting those women to have a better experience of pregnancy, labour and birth. It will be an invaluable resource for health professionals working in this area. -- Kim Thomas, CEO, Birth Trauma AssociationKicki's book is a compelling reminder that being treated with kindness, dignity and respect is the number one source of safety in maternity care. Practical, accessible and with the voices of survivors threaded through every page, this is a must-read for all those who aspire to trauma informed and human rights centred practice. -- Maria Booker, Programmes Director, BirthrightsIt is great to see a book dedicated to guiding health professionals to support survivors of sexual abuse when they are pregnant and giving birth. This is an area of maternity care that can cause exacerbation of trauma for women if handled poorly and the opportunity for growth and healing if handled well. The health provider sits in that juncture between further trauma and a pathway to healing and this is a serious responsibility that can weigh heavily on us without guidance. This book provides that guidance. -- Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Western Sydney UniversityThis book is so needed - although I truly wish it wasn't. We need more empathy in the birth room, so that no woman needs to feel she has to disclose her history in order to be treated with gentleness and respect. -- Milli Hill, Founder of the Positive Birth Movement and author of 'The Positive Birth Book' and 'Give Birth Like a Feminist'This is a very important area to address, and the content will be very useful for the target audience. The integration of women's stories provides very effective insights into what matters for pregnant women who have experienced sexual abuse specifically, and for pregnant women in general. -- Soo Downe, Professor of Midwifery Studies, UCLanTable of ContentsAbout this bookIntroduction1. What we know2. Working with survivors; pregnancy and birth3. Things to consider4. Working with survivors; the postnatal period5. Healing through birthConclusion

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Book SynopsisFor women experiencing domestic violence, narrative therapy can be a powerful tool to help them gain self-confidence and a sense of identity, resist violence, and make the transition from abuse to safety. Drawing on the narratives of women who have experienced domestic violence, this book explores how women employ strategies of resistance, and how strengthening their sense of identity can contribute to this resistance. It demonstrates how narrative therapy can be used as an effective intervention, helping women to leave abusive relationships and supporting them in moving on. The author outlines a model for intervention and discusses how to work with women whilst keeping their safety in mind.This book will be invaluable to counsellors, social workers and others working with abused women, helping them to understand, engage with and fully support women to resist and move on from abuse.Trade ReviewThis accessible and innovative text provides an invaluable insight for practitioners working with abused women... Handles the authorship with the sensitivity and empathy that the topic of domestic abuse requires... In addition I feel that this book provides academia with a more holistic understanding of the often complex and contradictory trajectories that women take upon leaving abusive relationships as understood by the women on a practical level but also in relation to their conceptualisation of "self"... this book is a must read for practitioners working in the field of domestic abuse... Allen's accessible writing style lends itself easily to multiple audiences including academics and students as the book is held together by empirically robust research that sheds light on both the practical and emotional issues surrounding survivors of domestic abuse and their journey of survival... a noteworthy book that is well-written and welcome addition to the ever expanding literature on how to support women following domestic abuse. -- British Journal of Community JusticeAllen's book (...) is firmly based on developing individual practice with abused women and aims to help practitioners to understand, engage with and fully support women to resist and move on from abuse... her book provides a guide for developing practice. she presents a theoretical model of women's journeys away from abusive violence, using concepts of narrative identity,k meaning construction, and strategies of resistance. Experience social workers will find this book useful for their continuing professional development. -- European Journal of Social WorkTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Complexities Surrounding Intimate Partner Violence. 3. Resistance and Strategic Responses to Abuse. 4. Identity and Meaning. 5. Leaving the Abusive Relationship. 6. Narrative Therapy in Working with Abused Women. 7. Narrative Social Work and Counselling Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence. Appendix. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisChildren need to be able to disclose their experiences of sexual abuse in order to stop the abuse and get help. Practical and accessible, this book offers guidance on how professionals can identify potential abuse cases and create safe opportunities for children to talk about sexual abuse. The book explores challenges in facilitating and responding to disclosures of abuse, such as: how to recognise the signs, ask the right questions and react to a disclosure. It also draws on research carried out with children who have experienced sexual abuse, to convey how experiences of disclosure feel to those making them and what informs a decision to tell or not tell. Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse will be suitable for any professional working with a child or young person, including social workers, psychologists, child/family therapists, health care workers, school nurses, school counsellors, health visitors, police and youth workers.Trade ReviewFor too long we have failed to recognise the early warning signs that a child may be sexually abused, placing the onus on the child to 'disclose' their experience of sexual abuse, rather than on the practitioner to recognise the signs that the abuse is occurring. This book helps us to challenge these failures, to better understand the nature of child sexual abuse and to help children explain what has happened to them. It is essential reading for all those working to protect children from sexual abuse. -- Jenny Pearce, Professor of Young People and Public Policy, University of BedfordshireThis highly accessible and practical book not only focuses on enhancing awareness of CSA, but most importantly how to facilitate conversations with children to help them disclose and talk about abuse, and how to respond effectively. Key messages at the end of each chapter and the focus on personal qualities of professionals that help promote trust in children that have been betrayed, are invaluable in helping all those working with children and young people to provide a non-judgemental and respectful environment in which children can break the silence, secrecy and shame of abuse. This book is a welcome addition to understanding CSA and an indispensable tool for all those working with children and who are committed to giving them a voice. -- Christiane Sanderson, Author of 'Counselling Skills for Working with Shame' and 'Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma'Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Child sexual abuse and its impact. Chapter 3: Containing the secret. What we know about child abuse disclosure. Chapter 4: Believing children. Chapter 5: Recognising the signs. Chapter 6: Asking questions. Chapter 7: Understanding self-blame and shame. Chapter 8: Helping friends tell. Chapter 9: After first disclosure.

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Book SynopsisIntimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) is the most common type of sexual violence and a common component of domestic violence, yet most cases go unreported and service responses are often inadequate. This book brings together advice for all those professionals working with individuals who have experienced IPSV and puts forward recommendations to tackle this prevalent form of sexual violence.With contributions from leading experts on IPSV, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence is a comprehensive guide to the subject which bridges the gap between research and practice. Multidisciplinary and international in approach, the book covers key issues salient to all professionals - the impact of IPSV, reproductive coercion, the physical and psychological indicators, possible consequences of taking a case to court, and best practice service responses. One section also addresses the risks and needs of IPSV victims in different contexts, such as those in same-sex or teenage relationships, immigrant victims, and those living in rural areas or in prison. This is an authoritative resource for all professionals who work with IPSV victims including counselors, social workers, refuge workers, victim advocates, mental health professionals, pastoral workers, lawyers, police, and health practitioners.Trade ReviewThis excellent volume provides important information about how women around the world experience IPSV and the horrific responses that they too frequently receive from service providers. [...] The chapters on service provision provide excellent insight on the best ways to assist women (and men) who have been victimized by their partners, validating their experiences and helping them down the path of healing. [...] This book also provides cutting-edge research on the risks, causes and --- far too often --- deadly consequences of IPSV. It is an important resource for anyone who works with survivors of IPSV or who has a family member, friend, or loved one who is a survivor.The book that you are about to read is a critically important step in acknowledging the life-damaging impact of IPSV and helps to give voice to this group of survivors who have been too long silenced. -- from the foreword by Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAWritten by a multi-disciplinary group of experts, and with the authority that comes from thorough research and many years of practice experience, this book confronts the neglected experience of sexual violence towards intimate partners. As well as providing empowering knowledge for victims/survivors of all ages, it is essential reading for people working in the criminal justice system, health care, mental health, social welfare and community organisations. -- Lorraine Radford, Professor of Social Policy & Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UKThe rape victims who are suffering the greatest long-term psychological harm are those women who have been sexually assaulted by a current or former partner, yet this is the form of violence against women that we are talking about the least. This volume puts the issue of intimate partner sexual violence front and centre, where it belongs. Professionals, community members, and survivors themselves will find here the key insights and practice guidelines needed to support healing, promote safety, and hold offenders accountable. The authors have made a huge contribution to justice and recovery. -- Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling MenTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword. Raquel Kennedy Bergen, St. Joseph's University, Pennsylvania, USA. Part 1: Introduction and Overview. 1. Introduction: The Necessity of Appropriate Service-Response to Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Louise McOrmond-Plummer, Director, Pandora's Project (www.pandys.org), New South Wales, Australia, Patricia Easteal, Professor of Law, University of Canberra, Australia, and Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck, Program Management Specialist, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, USA. 2. Preventing Secondary Wounding By Misconception: What Professionals Really Need to Know About Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Louise McOrmond-Plummer. 3. Considering the Differences: Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Discourse. Louise McOrmond-Plummer. Part 2: How Serious is IPSV? 4. Fatality and Health Risks Associated with Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Jocelyn Anderson, Jessica Draughon and Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Maryland, USA. 5. Separation/Divorce Sexual Assault. Walter S. DeKeseredy, Professor of Criminology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. 6. Reproductive Coercion. Emma Williamson, Research Fellow, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, UK. Part 3: IPSV and Best Practice Service Response. 7. Counseling and Advocacy Perspectives on Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Isabelle Kerr, Manager, Rape Crisis Centre, Glasgow, Scotland. 8. The Role of the Advocate in Addressing Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck. 9. Real Not Rare - Cross-Training for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Workers to Understand, Recognize, and Respond to Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Di Macleod, Director, Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence Inc., Brisbane Area, Australia. 10. Forming and Facilitating Support Groups for Survivors of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck. 11. "Invisible" Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: Prevention and Intervention Challenges. Debra Parkinson and Susie Reid, Women's Health Goulburn North East, Australia. 12. Medical Indicators and Responses to Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Charlotte Palmer, General Practitioner, Australian Central Territory and Vanita Parekh, Director, Clinical Forensic Medical Services, The Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Australian National University. 13. Counseling Specific to the Survivor of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Elizabeth Layton, Counselor and Tutor, Institute of Natural Healing, Dudley, UK. 14. Responding to Christian Survivors of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Barbara Roberts, Pastoral Care Ministry, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, USA. 15. Law Enforcement Response to Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Mike Davis, Sergeant, Vancouver Police Department, Washington, USA. 16. Forensic Medical Assessment in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Vanita Parekh, Clinical Forensic Medical Services, The Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Australian National University and Angela Williams, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Victoria, Australia. 17. Advice for Criminal Justice Staff and/or Advocates to Aid Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survivors. Patricia Easteal, Professor of Law, University of Canberra, Australia. 18. Intimate Partner Sexual Violence and the Courts. Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director, National Judicial Education Program, Legal Momentum, New York, USA. Part 4: Reaching and Assisting Different Populations. 19. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Marianne Winters, Executive Director, Safe Passage, Massachusetts, USA and Isabel Morgan, Senior Community Advisor, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA. 20. Immigrant Women and Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Bushra Sabri, Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA, Veronica Barcelona de Mendoza, Tulane University, Louisiana, USA and Jacqueline C. Campbell, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Maryland, USA. 21. Sexual Assault in Intimate Same-Sex Relationships. Janice Ristock, Women's and Gender Studies Program, University of Manitoba, Canada. 22. Issues Faced by Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survivors in Rural Areas. Debra Parkinson and Claire Zara, Women's Health Goulburn North East, Australia. 23. Addressing Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Teenage Relationships. Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck. 24. Effective Approaches to Helping Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survivors in Prison. Debbie Kilroy, Sisters Inside, Queensland, Australia. Part 5: Conclusion. 25. Conclusion: Bringing It All Together. Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck, Patricia Easteal, Louise McOrmond-Plummer. Index.

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Book SynopsisBy first describing her methods and subsequently illustrating them with a selection of case studies, Madge Bray shows the reader how abuse can affect the mental well-being of children, and how the repair of the child's trust of adults is crucial to the process of healing. Guiding the reader and the child through the counselling process, she illustrates the devastation which abuse can cause, but also the resilience of children and the means they have to protect themselves from the reality of abuse. Sexual Abuse: The Child's Voice is a unique insight into the minds of abused children, providing a basis for therapeutic work.Trade ReviewThis book deserves to be widely read by all who have a direct role, or interest in, investigative and therapeutic work with children who have been abused. Highly recommended. -- Community CareHer book allows her to portray the humanity and creative insight which flows throughout her direct work. She enables the readers to gaze into the perceptions and the pain of sexually abused children, but also to behold the resilience and potential for repair of these 'poppies on the rubbish heap'. The case studies open up our eyes and ears to the worlds and the language of children with whom the author has worked. With an admirable blend of lyricism and down-to-earth realism. bray captures the fears, pain and hopes of her subjects. What is demontrates too is the personal and professional insight, intuition and magic of her own practice. -- Cognitive Behavioural Social Work ReviewHighly readable, absorbing and revealing. -- Social Work TodayThis is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on child sexual abuse. -- British Journal of Occupational TherapyThis publication is a unique insight into the minds of abused children which provides a basis for therapeutic work. -- ChildrightOffers heart, humour, compassion and a depth of understanding for those wishing to work effectively in child sexual abuse. -- Child Care ForumAn unusual and in some ways exceptional book, it is intensely personal, but also enlightening on a much broader level as to creative ways to work with children who have been sexually abused. …[I]t is the description of Bray's own work and involvement with each child which casts the spell and keeps the reader engrossed. -- Mental Health CareMadge Bray has a gift for teaching and inspiring. Through her enormous respect and gentle care for the children she introduces us to, we are able to gain a greater understanding and empathy with them. The memory the book leaves is of the incredible courage and dignity of those children. Poppies on the Rubbish Heap has become a classic amongst the broad range of literature now available about the sexual abuse of children. It deserves its reputation as essential reading for all those with an interest in the field. -- International Journal of Children's SpiritualityPraise for the Previous Edition'I wept and smiled and put the book down, finally, completely filled with admiration.' -- Helena Kennedy QCTable of ContentsIntroduction, Sarah Boyle. Preface. 1. Childhood Influence. 2. What about Social Work? 3. Breaking Through. 4. Carving a Way Forward. 5. Finding Out about Abuse. 6. Making it Better. 7. Background to Stories. 8. Tracey. 9. Michael. 10. George. 11. Zoe. 12. Becky. 13. Jessica. Postscript. Addendum.

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Book SynopsisSocial workers involved in child sexual abuse work have key powers and duties in civil law to protect children. All too often, they bear the brunt of criticism when the system fails. Written for professionals, Managing Child Sexual Abuse Cases examines the complex nature of such cases, and explores the problems encountered by local authority social workers who are required to intervene in families to protect children.Using material from forty case studies, Brian Corby analyzes the context in which child sexual abuse is managed, and the intervention practices of social workers (and other professionals) within this context. From this, he draws out what policies and practices are effective, and why. He studies the historical background to child protection, and the curious ambivalence of society's attitude to cases of child sexual abuse. While emphasizing the difficulties of providing an adequate intervention system, he argues for greater co-operation between agencies, and recommends greater focus on the provision of more resources for treatment of children and families rather than concentrating on detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders.Trade ReviewManaging Child Sexual Abuse Cases is easy to read, flowing consistently over eleven chapters. Corby makes use of subtitles to assist the reader and the material is both logical and relevant. Corby tracks through history the various attitudes and reactions to child sexual abuse, before discussing how current thinking has impacted on current practice... Overall Corby offers the reader interesting opinions on how societal opinion informs our practice. His proposals for improving intervention do much to enhance the ongoing debate on how social workers can improve practice which will benefit the families in the long-term, as well as offer protection in the immediate-term for the children. -- Child Care in PracticeChild sexual abuse continues to be one of the most challenging areas of work facing those employed in child care. This book provides a clear account of research undertaken between 1989 and 1993 into social work intervention in 40 cases of child sexual abuse. These high priority cases, which all reached the case conference stage, were drawn from three local authorities in north-west England. The study included interviews with social workers and other professionals, analysis of case records and observation of child protection case conferences. Corby' s writing is, as usual, extremely lucid and easy to read. The accessibility of this book will make it attractive to practitioners, managers, students and academics in social work and related professions. The range of references is extensive and the reader can use this study as an up-to-date sourcebook on child sexual abuse. A central strength of this book is the contextualisation of this research and other studies in the post Cleveland era. The Cleveland inquiry emerges from these pages as the definitive backdrop against which child sexual abuse work has been practised in the 1990s. -- Child and Family Social Work.Corby's conclusions make disturbing reading. He agrees that if a criterion for 'success' is the prevention of further abuse, then this was largely unsuccessful. However, he is unequivocal in his criticism of the lack of support and therapeutic input offered to children and families following the initial investigation. He also points to the multiple difficulties experienced by the families and reveals that little practical or emotional support was offered. This book should sit on the shelves of managers and social workers. Many children and families who struggle with allegations of sexual abuse need support. Management of allegations is not enough. -- Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. History and Ideas. 2. Developing a Response to Child Sexual Abuse. 3. Aims and Methodology. 4. Setting the Scene. 5. The Cases. 6. Investigating Child Sexual Abuse. 7. Protecting Children and Helping Families - The Child Protection Conference. 8. Ongoing Work with Families in the Six-Month Period following the Conference. 9. Two Years On from the Initial Conference. 10. Social Work Practice and Child Sexual Abuse. 11. Managing Child Sexual Abuse: Policy Issues. Appendix 1: The Forty Case Studies, by Category. Appendix 2: View from the Parents. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it's estimated that half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex and often hidden pain. What does the path to healing look like for survivors? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counsellors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own and his wife's experience as survivors of childhood sexual abuse, minister and lecturer Tim Hein offers his expertise, practical guidance, and empathy-both for ministry leaders and for survivors themselves. How can we best respond when a survivor shares their secret with us? Where can survivors turn for encouragement when the road to recovery seems so long and lonely? Hein presents clinical data and resources alongside pastoral wisdom and care, addressing both psychological and spiritual aspects of sexual abuse. Both for those who have suffered sexual abuse and those in a position to help them, this book is a rich resource. Filled with sober truths and the hope of Christ, it calls survivors to take courage and walk unafraid down the road of healing.

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Book SynopsisA Yellow House explores the plight of migrant domestic workers in Singapore and the relationships with their employers and their young charges.

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Book SynopsisThrough frank discussions of sex and intimacy, the author explores the consequence of sexual violence on love and relationships, and she illustrates the steep personal cost of sexual violence and the obstacles faced by individual survivors in its aftermath.Trade Review"Freedman's terrifying and shattering story, One Hour in Paris, reveals the devastating truth about rape-that it is not confined to one terrible moment, but it determines and shapes a lifetime. If you want to understand why we need to do everything in our power to end rape, read this book." (Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues)"

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Book SynopsisSince a new sensitivity and orientation to victims of injustice arose in the 1960s, categories of victimization have proliferated. Large numbers of people are now characterized and characterize themselves as sufferers of psychological injury caused by the actions of others. In contrast with the familiar critiques of victim culture, Accounts of Innocence offers a new and empirically rich perspective on the question of why we now place such psychological significance on victimization in people's lives. Focusing on the case of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Joseph E. Davis shows how the idea of innocence shaped the emergence of trauma psychology and continues to inform accounts of the past (and hopes for the future) in therapy with survivor clients. His findings shed new light on the ongoing debate over recovered memories of abuse. They challenge the notion that victim accounts are an evasion of personal responsibility. And they suggest important ways in which trauma psychol

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Book SynopsisWhen we consider the concept of sexual abuse and harassment, our minds tend to jump either towards adults caught in unhealthy relationships or criminals who take advantage of children. But the millions of maturing teenagers who also deal with sexual harassment can fall between the cracks. When it comes to sexual relationships, adolescents pose a particular problem. Few teenagers possess all of the emotional and intellectual tools needed to navigate these threats, including the all too real advances made by supervisors, teachers, and mentors. In Sexual Exploitation of Teenagers, Jennifer Drobac explores the shockingly common problem of maturing adolescents who are harassed and exploited by adults in their lives. Reviewing the neuroscience and psychosocial evidence of adolescent development, she explains why teens are so vulnerable to adult harassers. Even today, in an age of increasing public awareness, criminal and civil law regarding the sexual abuse of minors remains tragically inept and irregular from state to state. Drobac uses six recent cases of teens suffering sexual harassment to illuminate the flaws and contradictions of this system, skillfully showing how our current laws fail to protect youths, and offering an array of imaginative legal reforms that could achieve increased justice for adolescent victims of sexual coercion.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Elaine Craig offers a compelling, timely, and empirically rigorous indictment of Canadian legal professionals for their collective failure to act lawfully and ethically towards complainants in sexual assault cases." Canadian Journal of Law & Society"This thorough and convincing book should be required reading for students and practitioners of criminal law and for the law societies that govern professional conduct. It will be a useful resource for feminists concerned about the treatment of women in sexual assault trials and the psychology professionals who deal with the aftermath suffered by victims." Quill & Quire"Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession - a rigorous and damning indictment of the justice and legal systems' handling of sexual-assault cases in Canada - was finished before the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements seized national headlines. But it is arguably now more relevant than ever. For actors in and outside the legal profession, there is no shortage of answers in Craig's excoriating study. This book will undoubtedly generate controversy as it delivers a verdict upon the Canadian legal system: guilty." The Globe and Mail

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Book SynopsisA scholar and a journalist assess the push to make gender equality a cornerstone of America's international agenda.Trade ReviewIn this remarkably readable book, Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl make clear the direct link to enhanced stability in countries where women actively participate in public life. The landscapes surveyed are startlingly broad, from developments in China, India, and Rwanda to in-depth case studies of Afghanistan, Guatemala, and Saudi Arabia. This volume is important for anyone who wants to think seriously about the shape and purpose of foreign policy. Secretary Clinton's declaration that women's subjugation threatens our national interests has been dismissed by many as mere idealism, yet it stems from a pragmatic approach and deep experience. Understanding what Hudson and Leidl reveal about the varying applications of the Hillary Doctrine strikes me as the start of wisdom. -- from the foreword by Swanee Hunt A sound study that carries an urgent message. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Women define security differently than do men. For 50 years, grass-roots global feminism has urged policymakers to see women, to see that women are the first and worst affected by violence, poverty, wars, displacement, and other catastrophes--yet the least and last to be consulted about solutions. Yet consciousness is finally trickling up, and the centrality of women to global security for all--set forth here with scholarly rigor by Hudson and Leidl--is a most welcome leap forward in legitimizing the crucial need for major policy re-visioning. Ignore this book at your peril. -- Robin Morgan, author of The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism The Hillary Doctrine may not make you comfortable, but it will change the way you think about national and international security. Through a combination of case studies, interviews and meticulous research including perhaps the most exhaustive compilation of data ever assembled on the subject, Hudson and Leidl make the case that the equality of women is not simply an issue of fairness. It is fundamental to peace and prosperity globally. The authors are never tendentious or polemical. This superbly written narrative is understated if anything. The carefully assembled facts and the often searing voices of women themselves tell a compelling story. Hudson and Leidl follow a concise historical treatment of women's rights with illuminating case studies, setting the stage for focused policy recommendations. Having established that the security of women and the security of states are closely linked, the authors argue for an expansion of the Hillary Doctrine as U.S. national policy to an international Right to Protect Women. This book is required reading for policy makers and implementers as well as anyone concerned about where we are going as a nation and a world. -- Ryan Crocker, former ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, and dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University How has the exclusion of the female half of this country damaged U.S. foreign policy? Let me count the ways -- from ignoring a North Vietnamese peace initiative because it was headed by a woman to excluding the violence against females that is the normalizer of all violence. This country is fighting poisonous growths, yet leaving their roots intact. From now on, no debate about national or global policy can proceed without reading The Hillary Doctrine by Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl. It is the first book about high level efforts to create a foreign policy as if women mattered. -- Gloria Steinem I recommend it. -- Nicholas Kristof The New York Times A solid introduction. Library Journal Thoughtful and nuanced... I highly recommend [The Hillary Doctrine] to anybody interested in elevating women's voices in world affairs, as well as the practicalities of day-to-day U.S. foreign policymaking. -- Micah Zenko Newsweek Highly relevant. -- Gideon Rachman Financial Times [The Hillary Doctrine] is valuable pre-election reading for Americans, and illuminating for the rest of us as well. -- Tom Sandborn The Vancouver Sun A comprehensive overview of how women's rights have become better accepted as a part of US foreign policy... As the first book-length study of the Hillary Doctrine this is a valuable and energetic start. -- Jessica Abrahams Prospect Nuanced, sober, and meticulous... Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Hudson and Leidl's book is a must-read for scholars and students interested in the relationship between women's rights, human rights, and national security. And if we take the authors' premise seriously that women's rights are fundamental to human rights, then this book should be a must-read for any scholar or student interested in foreign policy. -- Shawn J. Parry-Giles H-Diplo The strongest case to date for considering women's rights a central issue of national security... Highly recommended. Choice Even-handed, deeply researched... [The Hillary Doctrine] is a highly readable, fast moving history that covers a critical topic. -- Christina Asquith openDemocracy The Hillary Doctrine is a painstaking examination of Clinton's efforts to advance the status of women during her tenure as secretary of state... [Hudson & Leidl] make the case that advancing the status of women will require giving the issue a permanent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, one that will long outlast Clinton. -- Suzanne Nossel Foreign Affairs Rich in empirical research and theory, The Hillary Doctrine... is a must-read for anyoneinterested in understanding why and how women's security and the status of women around the world matter for U.S. foreign policy and national security. Ethics and International AffairsTable of ContentsForeword, by Ambassador Swanee Hunt Preface Acknowledgments Part I: History and Evolution 1. How Sex Came to Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy Part II: Theory and Cases 2. Should Sex Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy? 3. Guatemala: A Case Study 4. A Conspicuous Silence: U.S. Foreign Policy, Women, and Saudi Arabia Part III: Policy and Implementation 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Implementing the Hillary Doctrine 6. Afghanistan: The Litmus Test for the Hillary Doctrine 7. The Future of the Hillary Doctrine: Realpolitik and Fempolitik Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to investigate all aspects of sexual crimes and the policy and management initiatives developed to address them from a transnational, global perspectiveTrade ReviewThis book presents various forms and contexts in which sexual crime takes place and how international perspectives on sexuality, human rights, and moral and legal principles provide a global framework. The latter is likely to expand and enrich students' understanding of sex crimes and appreciation of how local conditions shape sexual crimes and communities' responses to them. The book introduces students to the global range of sex offenses, sexual deviance, and sexual violence, presenting the many forms these behaviors take, the diverse contexts in which they occur, the international approaches to the manifestation of sex offenses, and the policies that address them. -- Edna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago Sex Crimes provides a welcome new perspective on much discussed yet often poorly understood themes. The editors successfully analyze the complexity of sex crimes beyond the emotive outrage that some, not other, sex crimes elicit in the public eye. Instead, they propose a transnational framework to look at such crimes, exploring legal approaches as well as policies of treatment, prevention, and support. The excellent and diverse presentation of case studies and contexts, from trafficking to war crimes, animal rights, and masculinity studies, helps highlight links between and disruptions in the way sex crimes are seen and dealt with in international and domestic law and policy. A must read for anyone interested in sex crimes and the transnational. -- Jelke Boesten, King's College London A good read and a good introduction to the field... Highly recommended. Choice An essential read for anyone interested in gaining a more complete and global perspective on sexual violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and TraumaTable of ContentsPart I. Foundational Chapters Introduction, by Alissa R. Ackerman and Rich Furman 1. The Movement of Sexual Content and Sex Crimes from the Local to the Transnational, by Jay S. Albanese 2. What Is a "Sex Crime"? An Examination of the Various Definitions of Rape Across Countries, by Lisa L. Sample and Rita Augustyn 3. The Use of Masculinities in the Understanding and Treatment of Male Sexual Offenders, by Alissa R. Ackerman, Rich Furman, Jeffrey W. Cohen, Eric Madfis, and Michelle Sanchez 4. A World of Hurt: An International Look at Intimate Partner Violence, by Elicka S. Peterson-Sparks Part II. Sex Trafficking in a Transnational World 5. Global Sex Trafficking Overview: Facts, Myths, and Debates, by Mary Hiquan Zhou 6. INGOs and the UN Trafficking Protocol, by Charles Anthony Smith and Cynthia Florentino 7. Sex Work and Agency: Decriminalization of Prostitution, by Cathy Nguyen, Rich Furman, and Alissa R. Ackerman Part III. Examples and Contexts of Transnational Sex Crimes 8. Sexual Violence Against Political Prisoners: An Examination of Empirical Evidence in El Salvador and Peru, by Michele Leiby 9. Conflict and Postconflict Sexual Violence in Africa: Case Studies of Liberia, Northern Uganda, and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, by Helen Liebling 10. Donor Dollars and Ministerial Mindsets: Constraints on NGO Responses to Rape in Cambodia, by Catherine Burns and Kathleen Daly 11. Sexual Abuse Within Institutional Contexts, by Anne-Marie McAlinden 12. Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, by Karen J. Terry 13. Sexual Violence By and Against Trans People, by Phoenix J. Freeman 14. The Sexual Abuse of Animals, by Jennifer Maher List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to investigate all aspects of sexual crimes and the policy and management initiatives developed to address them from a transnational, global perspectiveTrade ReviewThis book presents various forms and contexts in which sexual crime takes place and how international perspectives on sexuality, human rights, and moral and legal principles provide a global framework. The latter is likely to expand and enrich students' understanding of sex crimes and appreciation of how local conditions shape sexual crimes and communities' responses to them. The book introduces students to the global range of sex offenses, sexual deviance, and sexual violence, presenting the many forms these behaviors take, the diverse contexts in which they occur, the international approaches to the manifestation of sex offenses, and the policies that address them. -- Edna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago Sex Crimes provides a welcome new perspective on much discussed yet often poorly understood themes. The editors successfully analyze the complexity of sex crimes beyond the emotive outrage that some, not other, sex crimes elicit in the public eye. Instead, they propose a transnational framework to look at such crimes, exploring legal approaches as well as policies of treatment, prevention, and support. The excellent and diverse presentation of case studies and contexts, from trafficking to war crimes, animal rights, and masculinity studies, helps highlight links between and disruptions in the way sex crimes are seen and dealt with in international and domestic law and policy. A must read for anyone interested in sex crimes and the transnational. -- Jelke Boesten, King's College London A good read and a good introduction to the field... Highly recommended. Choice An essential read for anyone interested in gaining a more complete and global perspective on sexual violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and TraumaTable of ContentsPart I. Foundational Chapters Introduction, by Alissa R. Ackerman and Rich Furman 1. The Movement of Sexual Content and Sex Crimes from the Local to the Transnational, by Jay S. Albanese 2. What Is a "Sex Crime"? An Examination of the Various Definitions of Rape Across Countries, by Lisa L. Sample and Rita Augustyn 3. The Use of Masculinities in the Understanding and Treatment of Male Sexual Offenders, by Alissa R. Ackerman, Rich Furman, Jeffrey W. Cohen, Eric Madfis, and Michelle Sanchez 4. A World of Hurt: An International Look at Intimate Partner Violence, by Elicka S. Peterson-Sparks Part II. Sex Trafficking in a Transnational World 5. Global Sex Trafficking Overview: Facts, Myths, and Debates, by Mary Hiquan Zhou 6. INGOs and the UN Trafficking Protocol, by Charles Anthony Smith and Cynthia Florentino 7. Sex Work and Agency: Decriminalization of Prostitution, by Cathy Nguyen, Rich Furman, and Alissa R. Ackerman Part III. Examples and Contexts of Transnational Sex Crimes 8. Sexual Violence Against Political Prisoners: An Examination of Empirical Evidence in El Salvador and Peru, by Michele Leiby 9. Conflict and Postconflict Sexual Violence in Africa: Case Studies of Liberia, Northern Uganda, and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, by Helen Liebling 10. Donor Dollars and Ministerial Mindsets: Constraints on NGO Responses to Rape in Cambodia, by Catherine Burns and Kathleen Daly 11. Sexual Abuse Within Institutional Contexts, by Anne-Marie McAlinden 12. Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, by Karen J. Terry 13. Sexual Violence By and Against Trans People, by Phoenix J. Freeman 14. The Sexual Abuse of Animals, by Jennifer Maher List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisKelly Oliver examines popular culture's fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence—especially sexual violence—is an inevitable part of a woman's maturity. She discusses campus rape, the valorization of woman's lack of consent, and the new urgency to implement affirmative consent policies.Trade ReviewKelly Oliver's brilliant analysis of how young girls' path to womanhood is filled with beating, battery, abuse, and sexual assault is shocking and timely. Oliver's meticulously researched volume moves back and forth between myths and fairy tales linked to rape, contemporary films, television shows and ads featuring violence to girls, along with studying rape culture, and ambiguities of 'consent,' on college campuses. It is essential reading, showing that women may not have liberated themselves after all. -- E. Ann Kaplan, author of Climate Trauma: Foreseeing the Future in Dystopian Film and Fiction Corpse chic, mounted trophy, dead girl, tough girl-Kelly Oliver explores media representations of a new, empowered heroine in her compelling exploration of the dark side of the modern fairytale and its fascination with violence and rape. Oliver asks the reader to think seriously about the forces that drive rape culture and the eroticization of violence. A challenging, disturbing, and enlightening book. -- Barbara Creed, author of The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis In her detailed attention to contemporary films and social media, and in linking up today's violence against women with a long line of treasured fables and cultural archetypes, Kelly Oliver makes an important contribution to a discussion of great urgency. With eloquence and perspective, she not only exposes patterns of aggression against women but also shows the sometimes problematic ways in which women try to restore the balance. -- Molly Haskell, author of From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies A must read for scholars and students. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Girls as Trophies 1. A Princess Is Being Beaten and Raped 2. Rape as Spectator Sport and Creepshot Entertainment 3. Girls as Predators and Prey Conclusion: The New Artemis, Title IX, and Taking Responsibility for Sexual Assault Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisKelly Oliver examines popular culture's fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence—especially sexual violence—is an inevitable part of a woman's maturity. She discusses campus rape, the valorization of woman's lack of consent, and the new urgency to implement affirmative consent policies.Trade ReviewKelly Oliver's brilliant analysis of how young girls' path to womanhood is filled with beating, battery, abuse, and sexual assault is shocking and timely. Oliver's meticulously researched volume moves back and forth between myths and fairy tales linked to rape, contemporary films, television shows and ads featuring violence to girls, along with studying rape culture, and ambiguities of 'consent,' on college campuses. It is essential reading, showing that women may not have liberated themselves after all. -- E. Ann Kaplan, author of Climate Trauma: Foreseeing the Future in Dystopian Film and Fiction Corpse chic, mounted trophy, dead girl, tough girl-Kelly Oliver explores media representations of a new, empowered heroine in her compelling exploration of the dark side of the modern fairytale and its fascination with violence and rape. Oliver asks the reader to think seriously about the forces that drive rape culture and the eroticization of violence. A challenging, disturbing, and enlightening book. -- Barbara Creed, author of The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis In her detailed attention to contemporary films and social media, and in linking up today's violence against women with a long line of treasured fables and cultural archetypes, Kelly Oliver makes an important contribution to a discussion of great urgency. With eloquence and perspective, she not only exposes patterns of aggression against women but also shows the sometimes problematic ways in which women try to restore the balance. -- Molly Haskell, author of From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies Named a 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title: "A must read for scholars and students." ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Girls as Trophies 1. A Princess Is Being Beaten and Raped 2. Rape as Spectator Sport and Creepshot Entertainment 3. Girls as Predators and Prey Conclusion: The New Artemis, Title IX, and Taking Responsibility for Sexual Assault Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAs awareness of sex trafficking and exploitation have grown, so has the need for improved social work responses. In this volume, expert practitioners, survivors, and researchers model the best practices for working with this population, providing a comprehensive guide to the emerging field of practice with sex trafficking survivors.Trade ReviewNichols’s, Edmond’s, and Heil’s comprehensive text successfully navigates the complex politics of sexual exploitation and gives voice to a diverse array of survivors. The inclusion of individual, program-level, and preventive interventions makes this an essential primer for social workers. -- Andrea Cimino, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis book makes what appears to me to be an important and significant contribution to our knowledge of what services are needed and how they should be provided. The writing is clear, compelling, and easy to follow. -- Dean Duncan III, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillAn invaluable ‘how to’ guide on working with sex trafficking survivors that illuminates the shades of gray within the commercial sex industry. Filled with rich scholarship, this seminal work empowers social service providers to tackle the complexities of sexual exploitation at the practice, program, and policy level. Well done! -- Julie Orme, Howard UniversityThis book is a much needed resource for understanding sex trafficking in its widest meaning, including the various definitions, experiences, perspectives, and populations of sex trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and sex trade. Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation gives a voice to researchers, practitioners, activists, and survivors. -- Hasmik Chakaryan, Webster UniversityThis book is an important primer for social workers. Compelling. * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *Table of ContentsPrologue, by Andrea J. Nichols and Erin C. HeilPart I: Practice Techniques1. Survivors: A Diverse Community with a Common Body of Knowledge, by Melanie Weaver2. Identification, Assessment, and Outreach, by Rebecca J. Macy3. Safety Planning With Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Amber Sutton and Abby Howard 4. Change is a Process: Using the Transtheoretical Model with Commercially Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Youth and Adults, by Rachel Lloyd5. Evidence Based Trauma-Treatments for Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Tonya Edmond 6. Client Centered Harm Reduction, Commercial Sex, and Trafficking: Implications for Rights Based Social Work Practice, by Kathleen M. Preble7. The Hidden Truth: How Our Policies and Practices Can Both Help and Harm Victims of Human Trafficking, by Lynly S. EgyesPart II: Practice with Specific Populations8. Sex Trafficking Among Immigrant Women in the United States: Exploring Social Work Response within a Landscape of Violence Against Immigrant Women, by Laurie Cook Heffron9. Afrocentric Intergenerational Assessment and Recovery from Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Valandra 10. Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of LGBTQ People: Implications for Practice, by Andrea J. Nichols11. Clinical Practice with Commercially Sexually Exploited Girls with Intellectual Disabilities, by Joan A. Reid, Julia Strauss, and Rachael A. HaskellPart III: Programmatic Design12. The Sanctuary Model and Sex Trafficking: Creating Moral Systems to Counteract Exploitation and Dehumanization, by Sandra Bloom13. How Do We Help? A Clinical and Empirical Review of Challenges to Service Provision For Sexually Exploited Clients, by Lara Gerassi and Abby Howard14. System Failure! Is the Department of Children and Families Facilitating Sex Trafficking of Foster Girls? by Joan A. Reid15. Supporting Sex Trafficking Survivors Through a Collaborative Single-Point-of-Contact Model: Mezzo and Micro Considerations, by Maura Nsonwu, Laurie Cook Heffron, Chiquitia Welch-Brewer, and Noël Bridget Busch-ArmendarizPart IV: Prevention and Outreach16. Preventing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: The My Life My Choice Model, by Lisa Goldblatt Grace, Katherine Bright, and Audrey Morrissey17. Prevention and Outreach to At-Risk Groups, by Andrea J. Nichols18. Challenges to Sensational Imagery Used in the Anti-Trafficking Movement and Implications for Practice, by Lauren Peffley and Andrea J. NicholsConclusion, by Andrea J. NicholsBiographies of Editors and ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAs awareness of sex trafficking and exploitation have grown, so has the need for improved social work responses. In this volume, expert practitioners, survivors, and researchers model the best practices for working with this population, providing a comprehensive guide to the emerging field of practice with sex trafficking survivors.Trade ReviewNichols’s, Edmond’s, and Heil’s comprehensive text successfully navigates the complex politics of sexual exploitation and gives voice to a diverse array of survivors. The inclusion of individual, program-level, and preventive interventions makes this an essential primer for social workers. -- Andrea Cimino, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis book makes what appears to me to be an important and significant contribution to our knowledge of what services are needed and how they should be provided. The writing is clear, compelling, and easy to follow. -- Dean Duncan III, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillAn invaluable ‘how to’ guide on working with sex trafficking survivors that illuminates the shades of gray within the commercial sex industry. Filled with rich scholarship, this seminal work empowers social service providers to tackle the complexities of sexual exploitation at the practice, program, and policy level. Well done! -- Julie Orme, Howard UniversityThis book is a much needed resource for understanding sex trafficking in its widest meaning, including the various definitions, experiences, perspectives, and populations of sex trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and sex trade. Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation gives a voice to researchers, practitioners, activists, and survivors. -- Hasmik Chakaryan, Webster UniversityThis book is an important primer for social workers. Compelling. * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *Table of ContentsPrologue, by Andrea J. Nichols and Erin C. HeilPart I: Practice Techniques1. Survivors: A Diverse Community with a Common Body of Knowledge, by Melanie Weaver2. Identification, Assessment, and Outreach, by Rebecca J. Macy3. Safety Planning With Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Amber Sutton and Abby Howard 4. Change is a Process: Using the Transtheoretical Model with Commercially Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Youth and Adults, by Rachel Lloyd5. Evidence Based Trauma-Treatments for Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Tonya Edmond 6. Client Centered Harm Reduction, Commercial Sex, and Trafficking: Implications for Rights Based Social Work Practice, by Kathleen M. Preble7. The Hidden Truth: How Our Policies and Practices Can Both Help and Harm Victims of Human Trafficking, by Lynly S. EgyesPart II: Practice with Specific Populations8. Sex Trafficking Among Immigrant Women in the United States: Exploring Social Work Response within a Landscape of Violence Against Immigrant Women, by Laurie Cook Heffron9. Afrocentric Intergenerational Assessment and Recovery from Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation, by Valandra 10. Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of LGBTQ People: Implications for Practice, by Andrea J. Nichols11. Clinical Practice with Commercially Sexually Exploited Girls with Intellectual Disabilities, by Joan A. Reid, Julia Strauss, and Rachael A. HaskellPart III: Programmatic Design12. The Sanctuary Model and Sex Trafficking: Creating Moral Systems to Counteract Exploitation and Dehumanization, by Sandra Bloom13. How Do We Help? A Clinical and Empirical Review of Challenges to Service Provision For Sexually Exploited Clients, by Lara Gerassi and Abby Howard14. System Failure! Is the Department of Children and Families Facilitating Sex Trafficking of Foster Girls? by Joan A. Reid15. Supporting Sex Trafficking Survivors Through a Collaborative Single-Point-of-Contact Model: Mezzo and Micro Considerations, by Maura Nsonwu, Laurie Cook Heffron, Chiquitia Welch-Brewer, and Noël Bridget Busch-ArmendarizPart IV: Prevention and Outreach16. Preventing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: The My Life My Choice Model, by Lisa Goldblatt Grace, Katherine Bright, and Audrey Morrissey17. Prevention and Outreach to At-Risk Groups, by Andrea J. Nichols18. Challenges to Sensational Imagery Used in the Anti-Trafficking Movement and Implications for Practice, by Lauren Peffley and Andrea J. NicholsConclusion, by Andrea J. NicholsBiographies of Editors and ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an important book: its sense of outrage is communicated through an impeccably presented argument. Lechery isn't funny when it damages its victims. Dziech and Weiner have done a service to both males and females in taking their subject way past the joke stage." -- Anne Bernays, Boston Sunday Globe"Far more than just a compendium of juicy horror stories about licentious professors abusing their positions and their female students. It is an in-depth look at the problem of female sexual harassment on campus today." -- Barbara Townsend, Higher Education"Compellingly candid comments from students and professors backed by revealing cases and statistics, with sensitive discussions of the hazards and possible damage to both accuser and accused." -- Ann Morrissett Davidon, Philadelphia Inquirer

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth exploration of the breadth, intensity and root causes of gender-based violence against women, and the resources we need to drawn on in order to make a meaningful and effective stand against it.Trade ReviewElaine Storkey is extremely well respected. This is a hugely important book. Violence against women is a shocking blight, perpetrated on occasion by some in church life. I particularly applaud Storkey's work in 2010 establishing the campaigning group, 'Restored'. This title deserves to be widely stocked and widely read. -- Eddie Olliffe * Together Magazine *It is a difficult and challenging book to read, leaving an imprint on your heart long after reading the words. -- Julie Corr * Families First *Scars Across Humanity is a powerful thrust in the direction of justice and inequality. By a long shot, this the most important book I’ve read in the past year – maybe my lifetime. Please read this book, and tell others to read it too. -- Tristan Sherwin * tristansherwin.wordpress.com *‘This is a compelling and courageous book which I believe every Christian should read. It makes for challenging and painful reading, as chapter after chapter piles up incontrovertible evidence of the scale and depth of violence against women, combining extensive research with ?rst person testimony and narrative.’ -- Nicola Slee The Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham * Theology Journal Issue 119.4 *This book made me angry, upset, uncomfortable, and at some points feel physically ill. It informed me on issues I didn’t even know existed. It is powerful and it is truth and I believe that everyone should read it. -- Adair * Blog: Just Love St. Andrews *an ‘excellent and informative book’ * Pat Pinsent *I wonder how I missed the publication of this excellent and informative book! * Pat Pinsent *

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and treating adult victims of incest.Trade Review"Courtois has succeeded in integrating the explosion of knowledge and expertise developed over the intervening years into a comprehensive and authoritative second edition…She is one of those gifted professionals who can combine the kind of meticulous academicity, clinical wisdom, warmth and compassion that is so evident in Healing the Incest Wound." -- Dr. James Chu - APA Division 29 Newsletter"This second edition of her valuable book is a vital asset to every therapist who seeks in-depth comprehension of ways to empower the survivors of incest…contains excellent guidance…a thorough index, an amazing reference section, guide to further reading and exhaustive appendices for both incest survivors and their counselors." -- Hypnosis Depot"Twenty years ago, Dr. Courtois was a pioneer. Now she is a wise authority, Healing the Incest Wound has been a classic since it was first published, and has helped to enlighten and train a generation of practitioners. The second edition, which integrates new findings from many disciplines, will remain a classic for the next generation." -- Judith Herman, MD, author, Trauma and Recovery"Healing the Incest Wound is now the most comprehensive text available on every aspect of incest and child sexual abuse. Courtois reviews and integrates clinical, theoretical, and research sources and survivors' accounts. A significant new contribution to understanding and treatment, it will be an invaluable resource for clinicians and researchers whose work focuses on incest survivors. This book is a must for therapists new to working with incest survivors and a welcome update to the literature." -- Laurie Ann Pearlman, PhD, co-author, Risking Connection"This is the most definitive source that exists for professionals working with survivors of incest and any sexual abuse occurring within a close relationship. Dr. Courtois does not sidestep controversies, but emphasizes the context of incest in describing risk factors and aftereffects. Her 'feminist-based trauma-referenced relational model of psychotherapy'—with attention to developmental, attachment, loss, and family systems issues—places the client's specific needs at the center of care." -- Pamela C. Alexander, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley Center for Women"It was hard to imagine how Christine Courtois could improve on what was already an enduring classic, but this second edition of Healing the Incest Wound represents a quantum leap forward. Dr. Courtois, in her usual extremely thorough, scholarly, and clinically astute fashion, has created a new classic. Every therapist should read this book, no matter what the focus of their practice...it creates the foundation for competence, and does so brilliantly and accessibly. Bravo, Chris!" -- Laura S. Brown, PhD, ABPP, President, APA Division of Trauma Psychology, and Director, Fremont Community Therapy Project

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Book SynopsisUntil recently, the topic of female sexual offenders remained under-researched, and many incorrect assumptions and beliefs still surround the subject. This book is organised in to five parts around eleven chapters.Trade Review"The strength of this book is the skill with which Ford leads the reader through difficult and challenging material." (Youth and Policy, Autumn 2007/Winter 2008)Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 Part I: The Nature and Prevalence of Sexual Abuse by Women and Our Understanding of it 1 The Prevalence of Sexual Abuse by Women 7 2 How is Sexual Abuse by Women Conceptualised and Understood? 17 3 The Nature of Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Women 25 Part II: Contextualising Sexual Abuse by Women 4 Potentially Relevant Factors in Sexual Abuse by Women 37 5 Male Coercion of Females into Sexually Abusive Behaviour 47 6 What Might MotivateWomen to Sexually Abuse Children? 57 Part III: The Consequences of Sexual Abuse by Women 7 Is Sexual Abuse by Women Harmful? 69 Part IV: Furthering Our Understanding and Developing Work in this Field 8 Aspects of Female Offending in Need of Further Research 93 9 Intervening with Female Abusers: Treatment Needs, Methods and Outcomes 111 Part V: Widening Our Focus 10 Mothers who are Partners of Male Offenders: are they Collusive and therefore Abusive? 129 11 Female Adolescents and Children who Sexually Abuse 149 Concluding Thoughts 167 References 171 Index 189

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Book SynopsisMy name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and I'd like to think they're right too. If I am a hero, maybe it's because every time I can play a part in saving a child or woman from a life of servitude and degradation, I'm saving a little piece of me, too.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: My Name Is Flora Jessop. Part One: Pligville. 1. The End of Innocence. 2. Home Sweet Home. 3. The Rape. 4. The Great Escape. 5. Little Runaway. 6. The Prisoner. Part Two: Apostate. 7. Married. 8. Gone for Good. 9. No Boundaries. 10. The End of the Road. 11. Shauna. 12. No One’s Property. 13. Family. Part Three: Outlaw. 14. Ruby. 15. Lost and Found. 16. Changes. 17. Rescuing the Fawns. 18. Running Away Again. 19. Laurene. 20. No Sympathy for the Devil. Part Four: No More Pain. 21. Fighting On. Epilogue. Notes. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisA beacon of hope for women and men who fear that they will pass the abuse they have suffered on to their children, partners, or employees. Humane and compassionate but also clear and down to earth, this is a wonderful contribution to the literature on healing. --Lundy Bancroft, author of When Dad Hurts Mom and Why Does He Do That? In this remarkably powerful, wise, and compassionate book, Beverly Engel leads readers step by step through a program that will help survivors of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse in childhood to heal from their wounds so they don''t need to re-enact their abusive pasts. She offers expert advice and strategies to help parents and would-be parents avoid doing to their children what was done to them and helps both abusers and victims in emotionally and physically abusive relationships make vitally important changes in their relationships. --Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents and Emotional Blackmail If you wereTrade ReviewAccording to Engel, "in the past twenty-five years studies on abuse and family assaults strongly suggest that abused children become abusers themselves," yet victims often don't receive any treatment until their repetition of the abuse is already underway. In this clear, empathetic self-help book, Engel aims to stop that cycle by teaching readers to remember the past truthfully, to identify and manage their emotions, and to recognize the characteristics of abusive relationships. An experienced psychotherapist and prolific author (The Emotionally Abused Woman; Loving Him without Losing You, etc.), Engel is also an abuse survivor herself. Her attitude towards her readers is gentle and understanding; she clearly knows firsthand how difficult victim and abuser patterns are to break. Readers are expected to perform a good deal of homework aiming at self-discovery: answering simple questions, writing down their memories, tracing family patterns, etc. Some may argue that Engel presents the most crucial advice--what to do if you've already become abusive--too late in volume, by which point an abuser may have dropped the book. But the middle chapters--on shame and its manifestations, on anger, sorrow and fear--are some of the best, especially when Engel delves into the effects of physical, sexual and emotional abuse on children. Though she deals thoroughly with the psychology of victims, Engel concentrates far more than in her earlier books on trying to reach violent and sexual offenders. Violation begets violation, she says. Parental attitudes and behavior, be they cruel, indifferent or supportive, are passed on to later generations. This book is an excellent choice for readers who come from an abusive past and are struggling to make a brighter future for themselves and their families. (Publishers Weekly Annex on-line, November 15, 2004)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part One: Understanding the Legacy of Abuse. 1. What Will Be Your Legacy? 2. Assessing Your Risk Factors. 3. Why We Do to Others (and Ourselves) What Was Done to Us. Part Two: Facing the Truth and Facing Your Feelings. 4. Coming Out of Denial 59 5. Learn to Identify and Manage Your Emotions 72 6. Learn How to Identify and Manage Your Shame 86 7. Managing Your Anger 115 8. Coping with Fear 138 Part Three: Abuse Prevention Strategies. 9. How to Prevent Partner Abuse 157 10. How to Prevent Child Abuse 181 11. If You Have Already Become Abusive 202 12. If You Have Already Been Abused or Established a Victim Pattern. Part Four: Long-Term Strategies to Help You Break the Cycle. 13.Emotionally Separating from Your Parents. 14.Facing the Truth about Your Family Legacy. 15.Breaking into the Dysfunctional Family System. 16.Continue to Heal. Epilogue. Resources. References. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisA beacon of hope for women and men who fear that they will pass the abuse they have suffered on to their children, partners, or employees. Humane and compassionate but also clear and down to earth, this is a wonderful contribution to the literature on healing. --Lundy Bancroft, author of When Dad Hurts Mom and Why Does He Do That? In this remarkably powerful, wise, and compassionate book, Beverly Engel leads readers step by step through a program that will help survivors of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse in childhood to heal from their wounds so they don''t need to re-enact their abusive pasts. She offers expert advice and strategies to help parents and would-be parents avoid doing to their children what was done to them and helps both abusers and victims in emotionally and physically abusive relationships make vitally important changes in their relationships. --Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents and Emotional Blackmail If you wereTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE LEGACY OF ABUSE. 1. What Will Be Your Legacy? 2. Assessing Our Risk Factors. 3. Why We Do to Others (and Ourselves) What Was Done to Us. PART TWO: FACING THE TRUTH AND FACING YOUR FEELINGS. 4. Coming Out of Denial. 5. Learn to Identify and Manage Your Emotions. 6. Learn How to Identify and Manage Your Shame. 7. Managing Your Anger. 8. Coping with Fear. PART THREE: ABUSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES. 9. How to Prevent Partner Abuse. 10. How to Prevent Child Abuse. 11. If You Have Already Become Abusive. 12. If You Have Already Been Abused or Established a Victim Pattern. PART FOUR: LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU BREAK THE CYCLE. 13. Emotionally Separating from Your Parents. 14. Facing the Truth about Your Family Legacy. 15. Breaking into the Dysfunctional Family System. 16. Continue to Heal. Epilogue. Resources. References. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative and policy developments since 1989.Trade Review"...this book will become a key text in the area of child sexual abuse.""...this is an excellent book which takes an uncompromisingly critical approach..." ---Child and Family Social Work, Vol 5/3, 2000Table of ContentsIntroduction: Impediments to Implementing a Child-centred Approach(C. Wattam & N. Parton). Justice for Children (C. Smith & K. Woodhead). Negotiation (A. Cooper & R. Hetherington). Advocacy and Child Protection (J. Boylan & J. Wyllie). Confidentiality and the Social Organisation of Telling (C.Wattam). Communication (H. Westcott). Treatment (J. Trowell). Coping, Surviving and Healing from Child Sexual Abuse (C. Woodward& D. Fortune). 'Don't Just Do It': Children's Access to Help and Protection (M.MacLeod). Family Support (L. Colclough, et al.). Child Sexual Abuse and the Community (B. Jordan). Institutional Abuse (B. Gallagher). Working with Abusers to Protect Children (M. Erooga & H.Masson). Index.

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Book SynopsisExplores the meaning and significance of efforts designed to combat sex trafficking in the United States. This book examines how partnerships forged in the name of fighting domestic sex trafficking have blurred the boundaries between punishment and protection, victim and offender, and state and nonstate authority.Trade Review"A brilliantly written book ... Musto reveals the intersecting forces of racism, sexism and social control and the way they are manifested in these new forms of carceral protectionism." Critical Criminology

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Book SynopsisExplores the meaning and significance of efforts designed to combat sex trafficking in the United States. This book examines how partnerships forged in the name of fighting domestic sex trafficking have blurred the boundaries between punishment and protection, victim and offender, and state and nonstate authority.Trade Review"A brilliantly written book ... Musto reveals the intersecting forces of racism, sexism and social control and the way they are manifested in these new forms of carceral protectionism." Critical Criminology

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Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the social-science literature on one of the most significant threats to women's health and well-being today - abuse at the hands of their partners. The author provides a description of why and how men abuse women in myriad ways during and after a separation or divorce.Trade Review"Abusive Endings is written by self-proclaimed feminist scholars and practitioners who indeed challenge our beliefs and fuel our appetite for knowledge. It is a powerful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and all humans, inspiring us to challenge and alter our culture’s response to men’s violence against women." * Criminal Justice Studies *“A well-written and well- organized review of extant studies on violence against women. ... Everyone should read this book and reflect on the devastation that violence against women continues to cause to our societies.” * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Conceptualizing Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 2. The Extent and Distribution of Separation/Divorce Assault 3. New Technologies and Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 4. Explaining Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 5. Children as Collateral Victims of Separation/Divorce Woman Abuse 6. What Is to Be Done about Separation/Divorce Violence against Women? Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Although wartime sexual violence against men occurs more frequently than is commonly assumed, its dynamics are remarkably underexplored, and male survivors' experiences remain particularly overlooked. This reality is poignant in northern Uganda, where sexual violence against men during the early stages of the conflict was geographically widespread, yet now accounts of those incidents are not just silenced and neglectedlocally but also widely absent from analyses of the war. Based on rare empirical data, this book seeks to remedy this marginalization and to illuminate the seldom-heard voices of male sexual violence survivors in northern Uganda, bringing to light their experiences of gendered harms, agency, and justice.

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Book SynopsisChallenging widespread assumptions that persons who are preferentially attracted to minorsoften referred to as pedophilesare necessarily also predators and sex offenders, this book takes readers into the lives of non-offending minor-attracted persons (MAPs).There is little research into non-offending MAPs, a group whose experiences offer valuable insights into the prevention of child abuse. Navigating guilt, shame, and fear, this universally maligned group demonstrates remarkable resilience and commitment to living without offending and to supporting and educating others. Using data from interview-based research,A Long, Dark Shadowoffers a crucial account of the lived experiences of this hidden population.Trade Review"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker broaches this controversial topic to provide readers with a better understanding of this group, including misconceptions, identity formation, disclosure, coping strategies, resilience to sexual offending, experiences with help-seeking, and the need for the public to shift their attitudes toward MAPs if we hope to protect children." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book paints an incredible picture of the strength, stressors, struggles, and tensions experienced by MAPs when working to ensure they do not offend. On this point, alone, the book is vitally important, offering thought-provoking insights that must be worked through in any attempt to ensure the safety of children and the wellbeing of those who are trying to be someone other than who the world thinks they are. Its insights deserve consideration among a wide audience of child protection advocates, criminologists, policymakers, and those interested in the social and legal regulation of sexuality in our society." * Critical Criminology *"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker tackles an area that has been historically under-researched and incredibly sensitive and complex. Fundamentally, the book explores the challenges that minor-attracted persons (MAPs) experience in their everyday lives from suffering perceived and real stigma from others, a lack of understanding of their needs by healthcare professionals and the constant fear of being ‘outed’ as a MAP, and ramifications from the criminal justice system when they are inevitably confused with convicted sexual offenders. It is this distinction between MAPs and convicted sex offenders which is the focus of Walker’s book in emphasizing that a thorough understanding of the difference is essential for future policy development and further education of the public, practitioners and criminal justice personnel." * British Journal of Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: Who Are Minor-Attracted People? 1. "Am I a Monster?": Forming an Identity as Minor-Attracted 2. "Leading a Double Life": Staying Closeted and Coming Out as a MAP 3. "Enduring a Ra instorm": MAPs' Strategies for Coping with Their Attractions 4. "It’s a Very Strong Boundary for Me"": Resilience to Sexual Offending among MAPs 5. "Their Intention Wasn’t to Help Me": Mental Health Problems and Ca re-Seeking Experiences 6. "You Are Not a Monster": Toward a Shift in Attitudes Concerning MAPs Appendix A. Participant Characteristics Appendix B. Research Methods for a Difficult Subject Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker broaches this controversial topic to provide readers with a better understanding of this group, including misconceptions, identity formation, disclosure, coping strategies, resilience to sexual offending, experiences with help-seeking, and the need for the public to shift their attitudes toward MAPs if we hope to protect children." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book paints an incredible picture of the strength, stressors, struggles, and tensions experienced by MAPs when working to ensure they do not offend. On this point, alone, the book is vitally important, offering thought-provoking insights that must be worked through in any attempt to ensure the safety of children and the wellbeing of those who are trying to be someone other than who the world thinks they are. Its insights deserve consideration among a wide audience of child protection advocates, criminologists, policymakers, and those interested in the social and legal regulation of sexuality in our society." * Critical Criminology *"In A Long, Dark Shadow, Allyn Walker tackles an area that has been historically under-researched and incredibly sensitive and complex. Fundamentally, the book explores the challenges that minor-attracted persons (MAPs) experience in their everyday lives from suffering perceived and real stigma from others, a lack of understanding of their needs by healthcare professionals and the constant fear of being ‘outed’ as a MAP, and ramifications from the criminal justice system when they are inevitably confused with convicted sexual offenders. It is this distinction between MAPs and convicted sex offenders which is the focus of Walker’s book in emphasizing that a thorough understanding of the difference is essential for future policy development and further education of the public, practitioners and criminal justice personnel." * British Journal of Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: Who Are Minor-Attracted People? 1. "Am I a Monster?": Forming an Identity as Minor-Attracted 2. "Leading a Double Life": Staying Closeted and Coming Out as a MAP 3. "Enduring a Ra instorm": MAPs' Strategies for Coping with Their Attractions 4. "It’s a Very Strong Boundary for Me"": Resilience to Sexual Offending among MAPs 5. "Their Intention Wasn’t to Help Me": Mental Health Problems and Ca re-Seeking Experiences 6. "You Are Not a Monster": Toward a Shift in Attitudes Concerning MAPs Appendix A. Participant Characteristics Appendix B. Research Methods for a Difficult Subject Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Recent decades have seen a widespread effort to imprison more people for sexual violence. The Stains of Imprisonment offers an ethnographic account of one of the worlds that this push has created: an English prison for men convicted of sex offenses. This book examines the ways in which prisons are morally communicative institutions, instilling in prisoners particular ideas about the offenses they have committedideas that carry implications for prisoners' moral character. Investigating the moral messages contained in the prosaic yet power-imbued processes that make up daily life in custody, Ievins finds that the prison she studied communicated a pervasive sense of disgust and shame, marking the men it held as permanently stained. Rather than promoting accountability, this message discouraged prisoners from engaging in serious moral reflection on the harms they had caused. Analyzing these effects,

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Book Synopsis2023 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Despite rising attention to sexual assault and sexual violence, queer men have been largely excluded from the discussion. Violent Differences is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on queer male survivors and to devote particular attention to Black queer men. Whereas previous scholarship on male survivors has emphasized the role of masculinity, Doug Meyer shows that race and sexuality should be regarded as equally foundational as gender. Instead of analyzing sexual assault against queer men in the abstract, this book draws attention to survivors' lived experiences. Meyer examines interview data from sixty queer men who have suffered sexual assault, highlighting their interactions with the police and their encounters with victim blaming. Violent Differences expands approaches to studying sexual assault by considering a new group of survivors and by revealing that race, gender, and sexuality all remain essential for understanding how this violence is experienced.Trade Review"Makes a tremendous contribution to the interdisciplinary scholarship on gender-based violence, a field that still suffers from lack of engagement with queer life and queer questions. Meyer’s work should give us hope that we can reimagine the field from a rigorously intersectional ground." * Social Forces *"Violent Differences provides an insightful examination of the unique experiences of queer men of color who have experienced sexual victimization." * Gender & Society *"The reader who is interested in better understanding the nuanced nature of violence against the LGBTQIA + community will not be disappointed in the skillful and thoughtful way Meyer presents his findings while defining and elaborating on the nomenclature associated with this issue." * Criminal Justice Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Sexual Assault against Queer Men through the Lens of Intersectionality 1 “Why Didn’t You Fight Back?”: Black Queer Male Survivors and Discourses of Blame 2 Queer Male Survivors and Police Interactions 3 Survivors’ Self-Blame and Differences within the Queer Umbrella 4 Racial Differences Regarding Emasculation 5 Constructing Hierarchies of Victimhood 6 Outing, Disclosing Marginalized Identities, and Navigating Multiple Stigmas Conclusion: Future Challenges and Possibilities Appendix: Methods Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis2023 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Despite rising attention to sexual assault and sexual violence, queer men have been largely excluded from the discussion. Violent Differences is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on queer male survivors and to devote particular attention to Black queer men. Whereas previous scholarship on male survivors has emphasized the role of masculinity, Doug Meyer shows that race and sexuality should be regarded as equally foundational as gender. Instead of analyzing sexual assault against queer men in the abstract, this book draws attention to survivors' lived experiences. Meyer examines interview data from sixty queer men who have suffered sexual assault, highlighting their interactions with the police and their encounters with victim blaming. Violent Differences expands approaches to studying sexual assault by considering a new group of survivors and by revealing that race, gender, and sexuality all remain essential for understanding how this violence is experienced.Trade Review"Makes a tremendous contribution to the interdisciplinary scholarship on gender-based violence, a field that still suffers from lack of engagement with queer life and queer questions. Meyer’s work should give us hope that we can reimagine the field from a rigorously intersectional ground." * Social Forces *"Violent Differences provides an insightful examination of the unique experiences of queer men of color who have experienced sexual victimization." * Gender & Society *"The reader who is interested in better understanding the nuanced nature of violence against the LGBTQIA + community will not be disappointed in the skillful and thoughtful way Meyer presents his findings while defining and elaborating on the nomenclature associated with this issue." * Criminal Justice Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Sexual Assault against Queer Men through the Lens of Intersectionality 1 “Why Didn’t You Fight Back?”: Black Queer Male Survivors and Discourses of Blame 2 Queer Male Survivors and Police Interactions 3 Survivors’ Self-Blame and Differences within the Queer Umbrella 4 Racial Differences Regarding Emasculation 5 Constructing Hierarchies of Victimhood 6 Outing, Disclosing Marginalized Identities, and Navigating Multiple Stigmas Conclusion: Future Challenges and Possibilities Appendix: Methods Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of battered woman syndrome was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the legal response to battered women who killed their partners in the fifteen years since Lavallee.Elizabeth Sheehy uses trial transcripts and a case study approach to tell the stories of eleven women, ten of whom killed their partners. She looks at the barriers women face to just leaving, the various ways in which self-defence was argued in these cases, and which form of expert testimony was used to frame women's experience of battering. Drawing upon a rich expanse of research from many disciplines, she highlights the limitations of the law of self-defence and the costs to women undergoing a murder trial. In a final chapter, she proposes numerous reforms.In Canada, a woman is killed every six days by her male partner, anTrade ReviewIn Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons from the Transcripts, Sheehy offers a compelling and startling account of the criminal justice system’s failure to protect women from the men who batter them. She begins the book by situating the issue in its historical legal context. Making the work accessible to an audience much broader than just those well-versed in criminal law, Sheehy provides the reader with ample background to understand the legal context in Canada both prior to and in the years following the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1990 recognition of battered women syndrome in R. v Lavallee.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Angelique Lyn Lavallee2 Bonnie Mooney3 Kimberley Kondejewski4 Gladys Heavenfire and Doreen Sorenson5 Donelda Kay, Denise Robin Rain, and Jamie Gladue6 Lilian Getkate7 Margaret Ann Malott and Rita GravelineConclusionAppendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisRape, claims Ann J. Cahill, affects not only those women who are raped, but all women who experience their bodies as rapable and adjust their actions and self-images accordingly. Rethinking Rape counters legal and feminist definitions of rape as mere...Trade ReviewCahill provides a readable and well-researched book on feminist theories that have guided our strategies on rape.... This provocative book will re-draw our attention to rape as a central concern for feminist activism. * Feminist Academic Press *

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Book SynopsisRape, claims Ann J. Cahill, affects not only those women who are raped, but all women who experience their bodies as rapable and adjust their actions and self-images accordingly. Rethinking Rape counters legal and feminist definitions of rape as mere...Trade ReviewCahill provides a readable and well-researched book on feminist theories that have guided our strategies on rape.... This provocative book will re-draw our attention to rape as a central concern for feminist activism. * Feminist Academic Press *

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Book SynopsisThis study lays bare another layer of gender in relation to child sexual abuse, and locates child welfare practice in feminist scholarly debates about women and the welfare state.

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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth study of a novel women's refugee movement and its challenge, as an international trigger case, to traditional conceptions of human rights. It illuminates keys to the movement's success, including, paradoxically, noncitizen politics, and uncovers critical implications for theories of human rights change.Trade Review"The least likely case study is a noble tradition in comparative politics, while the study of norm change is a cuttingedge concern in international relations. Lisa S. Alfredson's well-crafted account of the introduction of gender-based asylum in Canada combines the best of these worlds, along with interesting observations on immigration policy, social movements, and the gendered nature of human rights." * Perspectives on Politics *"Alfredson explores a remarkable case study that illustrates an underestimated route for the genesis of human rights vital to women." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The Sex Persecution Campaigns 2. Human Rights, Social Movement, and Asylum Seeking 3. Global Challenges and Opportunities for Sex-Based Asylum Seeking 4. Moving In: Asylum Seekers' National Rights, Resources, and Opportunities 5. "Use My Name": Noncitizen Identity, Decisions, and Mobilization 6. Universalizing National Rights: Political Confrontation and Cultural Framing 7. Making Sex Persecution Matter Appendix: Comprehensive and Novel Aspects of Gender Related Claims Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Duramy details a culture of impunity that makes violence against women unlikely to be reported, let alone prosecuted. The book succeeds in its nuanced look at Haitian women's relationships to violence, and its main strength is the use of women's lived experiences to blur the categories of 'victim' and 'perpetrator'. Duramy's case study...will be useful to policymakers and international aid workers working on post-conflict reintegration programs and criminal justice reforms that see women as more than just 'dependants'." * Times Higher Education *"One of the greatest strengths of the book is Duramy's ability to contextualize and historicize the pandemic levels of violence against Haitian girls and women while not justifying it … In sum, Gender and Violence in Haiti is a very powerful and, due to the content, disturbing read ... I thank Professor Duramy for researching and writing about a topic as urgent and yet overlooked as this one." * Gender & Society *"In short, Prof. Duramy’s book is detailed, even-handed, and thoughtful. It upends assumptions that impede deeper understanding of the complicated issues that Haitian women living in poverty face. The book offers readers a nuanced view of an extraordinarily complex situation and presents a range of carefully crafted solutions that one can only hope will inform policy makers in Haiti and beyond. " * Human Rights Quarterly *"Uses rich qualitative data to raise awareness of the extent to which gender-based violence has entrenched itself deeply into the fabric of Haitian society." * Human Rights Review *"A concise, alarming, and much-needed contribution that will benefit academics working on Haiti and women’s rights, specialists of human rights, and practitioners of humanitarianism." * E-Misférica *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and OrganizationsIntroduction1. Gender-Bsed Violence and Women's Violence in Context2. Gender-Based Violence in Haiti3. Understanding Women's Violence in Haiti4. Legal Frameworks5. Victims' Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response6. Strategies for Action7. Women in the Aftermath of the EarthquakeNotesReferencesIndex

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