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Rape and dating violence : your questions answered / by Ritscher, Lee A.,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Common misconceptions about rape and dating violence -- The basics -- Causes, consequences, and prevention of rape and dating violence -- Seeking help -- Rape, dating violence, and culture."This book answers readers' questions about rape and dating violence, including how to identify it, its causes, and its effects"--
Subjects: Rape.; Sex crimes.; Dating violence.;
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I'm saying no! : standing up against sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual pressure / by Engel, Beverly.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278).Introduction -- Empowerment from the inside out -- Making changes from the inside out. Why it is so difficult for women to say no ; Knowledge is power ; Facing the truth about child sexual abuse ; Shame: the most damaging effect of sexual violations -- Out with the old, in with the new. Compassion for your suffering ; Connecting and releasing your anger ; Body-esteem: a new way of viewing your body and your sexuality ; Another key to empowerment: no more Ms. Nice Girl -- Standing up and saying "No!" Have your wits about out: strategies that can help prevent stranger and acquaintance rape ; Setting boundaries and limits ; Saying "No!" to sexual pressure and coercion ; When sexual pressure becomes intimate partner abuse or assault ; Saying "No!" to sexual harassment: from street harassment to sexual harassment at work ; If you are ready to report sexual assault or abuse -- Conclusion: Passing it on: continue to stand up."Thanks to the #MeToo movement, more and more women are coming forward to tell their stories of sexual assault, harassment, and child sexual abuse. But unfortunately there are still many women who are afraid to speak out. There are still far too many college students who are raped and too afraid to report it. There are still women who are being subjected to sexual harassment, sexual bullying, and sexual pressure every day but are unable to speak up and say "No!" And there are still women who are currently being sexually assaulted in their intimate relationships who are unable to report the abuse or to find the strength to walk away. Written specifically for women who are still afraid to speak up for themselves, especially women whose personal history of child sexual abuse or sexual assault, as an adult has wounded them so much they have lost their voice. I'm saying No! will help all women find their voice and their courage so they can better resist all forms of sexual violence." --
Subjects: Sex crimes.; Women; Sexual abuse victims.; Sexual harassment.;
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The obsession / by Roberts, Nora.; McManus, Shannon,narrator.;
Read by Shannon McManus.Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, thousands of miles away from everything she's ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up, especially the determined Xander Keaton. Naomi can feel her defenses failing, and knows that the connection her new life offers is something she's always secretly craved. But as she's learned time and again, her past is never more than a nightmare away.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Love stories.; Women photographers; Children of criminals; Sex crimes;
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Juvenile sex offenders : what the public needs to know / by Gibson, Camille,1971-; Vandiver, Donna M.,1972-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-234) and index.When? How? And by whom? The circumstances of juvenile sex offending -- Explanations : what we know and don't know -- High profile cases : how on earth did this happen? -- Are all juvenile sex offenders the same? -- Unusual populations of juvenile sex offenders : females, developmentally disabled, and very young sex offenders -- Once a sex offender, always a sex offender? / Philip A. Ikomi -- Our legal response : the sex offenders we know and the ones we don't -- Putting all the pieces together : separating fact from fiction.
Subjects: Teenage sex offenders; Child sex offenders; Sex crimes;
© 2008., Praeger,
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Rape and sexual assault : a reference handbook / by Hatch, Alison E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An authoritative, balanced resource that examines the problem of sexual violence in our society, exploring the various factors that contribute to these crimes and the difficulty of prosecuting many offenses. It discusses who is being victimized, who is perpetrating the offenses, and what can be done (and is being done) to reduce rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. The volume also explores the role that both poor prosecutorial leadership and rape culture have played in facilitating sexual assault and abuse and how shifts in attitude and policy could work to prevent the assaults from occurring. One of the most valuable aspects of the book is that it surveys the history of rape and sexual assault in a manner that helps the reader identify key issues in an easy-to-understand fashion. In addition, the volume's Perspectives section presents a broad range of voices on important aspects of sexual assault and recovery, allowing crucial, diverse perspectives to round out the author's expertise"--Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology -- Glossary.
Subjects: Rape; Sexual harassment; Sex crimes;
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Rape and sexual assault : A reference handbook / by Hatch, Alison E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An authoritative, balanced resource that examines the problem of sexual violence in our society, exploring the various factors that contribute to these crimes and the difficulty of prosecuting many offenses. It discusses who is being victimized, who is perpetrating the offenses, and what can be done (and is being done) to reduce rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. The volume also explores the role that both poor prosecutorial leadership and rape culture have played in facilitating sexual assault and abuse and how shifts in attitude and policy could work to prevent the assaults from occurring. One of the most valuable aspects of the book is that it surveys the history of rape and sexual assault in a manner that helps the reader identify key issues in an easy-to-understand fashion. In addition, the volume's Perspectives section presents a broad range of voices on important aspects of sexual assault and recovery, allowing crucial, diverse perspectives to round out the author's expertise"--Description based on print version record.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Rape; Sexual harassment; Sex crimes;
On-line resources: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kirtland-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7193484 -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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Tainted witness : why we doubt what women say about their lives / by Gilmore, Leigh,1959-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.Introduction : tainted witness in testimonial networks -- Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the search for an adequate witness -- Jurisdictions and testimonial networks : Rigoberta Menchú -- Neoliberal life narrative : from testimony to self-help -- Witness by proxy : girls in humanitarian storytelling -- Tainted witness in law and literature : Nafissatou Diallo and Jamaica Kincaid -- Conclusion : testimonial publics--#BlackLivesMatter and Claudia Rankine's Citizen."In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill and her testimony is part of a larger social history in which women find themselves caught up in a system that refuses to believe what they say. Hill's experience shows how a tainted witness is not who someone is, but what someone can become. Tainted Witness examines how gender, race, and doubt stick to women witnesses as their testimony circulates in search of an adequate witness. Judgment falls unequally upon women who bear witness, as well-known conflicts about testimonial authority in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries reveal. Women's testimonial accounts demonstrate both the symbolic potency of women's bodies and speech in the public sphere and the relative lack of institutional security and control to which they can lay claim. Each testimonial act follows in the wake of a long and invidious association of race and gender with lying that can be found to this day within legal courts and everyday practices of judgment, defining these locations as willfully unknowing and hostile to complex accounts of harm. Bringing together feminist, literary, and legal frameworks, Leigh Gilmore provides provocative readings of what happens when women's testimony is discredited. She demonstrates how testimony crosses jurisdictions, publics, and the unsteady line between truth and fiction in search of justice."--Jacket.
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.; Witnesses; Crime; Women; False testimony.; Feminist theory.;
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Credible : why we doubt accusers and protect abusers / by Tuerkheimer, Deborah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-295) and index.Along axes of power: workings of the credibility complex -- Of perfect victims and monster abusers: how myths distort our credibility judgments -- Whose truth?: how victims are distrusted -- Blame-shifting: how victims are faulted -- The care gap: how victims are disregarded -- "Even worse": why the credibility complex harms victims -- Beyond belief: when survivors matter."Sexual misconduct accusations spark competing claims: her word against his. How do we decide who is telling the truth? The answer comes down to credibility. But as this book reveals, invisible forces warp the credibility judgments of even the well-intentioned among us. We are all shaped by a set of false assumptions and hidden biases embedded in our culture, our legal system, and our psyches. The #MeToo movement has exposed how victims have been badly served by a system that is designed not to protect them, but instead to protect the status quo"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Sex crimes; Sexual abuse victims; Criminal justice, Administration of; Truthfulness and falsehood;
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The crisis of campus sexual violence : critical perspectives on prevention and response / by Wooten, Sara Carrigan,editor.; Mitchell, Roland(Roland W.),editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Although awareness of campus sexual assault is at a historic high, institutional responses to incidents of sexual violence remain widely varied. The Crisis of Campus Sexual Violence provides higher education scholars, administrators, and practitioners with a necessary and more holistic understanding of the challenges that colleges and universities face in implementing adequate and effective sexual assault prevention and response practices. In this volume, a diverse mix of expert contributors provide a critical, nuanced, and timely examination of some of the factors that inhibit effective prevention and response in higher education. Chapter authors take on one of the most troubling aspects of higher education today, bridging theory and practice to offer programmatic interventions and solutions to help institutions address their own competing interests and institutional culture to improve their practices and policies with regard to sexual violence"--Back cover.
Subjects: Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer; Campus violence; Campus violence; Sex crimes; College students; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges;
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Start by believing : Larry Nassar's crimes, the institutions that enabled him, and the brave women who stopped a monster / by Barr, Johnauthor.; Murphy, Dan(Sportswriter),author.;
The awkward introvert -- The absolute monarch -- Pushing the boundaries -- What price glory? -- Absolute fury -- All that glitters -- The ranch -- Money and medals -- The pitbull -- Spartan silence -- Hide-and-seek -- Statute of limitations -- "Souls fall...like snowflakes" -- The perfect storm -- Fierce five -- What's wrong with this picture? -- A formal complaint -- "A great bullshitter" -- The cover story -- Damage control -- Cracking under pressure -- Coming forward -- Breaking news -- Fallout begins -- Trash day -- Victim-centered -- Critical testimony -- Defensive posture -- The national spotlight -- Uncivil actions -- Striking a deal -- Armed and ready -- Expanding ranks -- A rare gift.Barr and Murphy tell the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others -- for over a quarter century. They reveal the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him. When warnings were raised, self-serving leaders chose to protect their organizations' reputations over the well-being of young people. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: True crime stories.; Nassar, Larry.; Women athletes; Child sexual abuse; Child molesters; Sex crimes; Sexual abuse victims; Sports; Universities and colleges;
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