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

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Martin, Patricia Yancey

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TextSeries: Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781136056901
1136056904
9780203614457
0203614453
9780203614457
9781136057069
1136057064
9781136056987
113605698X
1283961857
9781283961851

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rape work.DDC classification:

362.883 22

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HV6558 .M27 2005eb

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Contents:

Rape Work -- Rape Work & Organizational context -- The Legal Institution: Why Police, Prosecutors, and Judges Collaborate with Rapists and their Defenders -- Hospitals: The Reluctant Partner -- Rape Crisis Centers as Unobtrusive Mobilizers -- Discursive Politics -- Communities & Rape Work -- Gender & Rape Work -- The Emotions of Rape Work: "You need some really soft handling." -- Moving Forward.

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

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

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

English.

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