Rape Work - Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Yancey Martin Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Rape Work 2. Rape Work in Organizationl Context 3. The Legal Institution: Why Police, Prosecutors, and Judges Collaborate with Rapists and Their Defenders 4. Hospitals--The Reluctant Partner 5. Rape Crisis Centers as Unobtrusive Mobilizers 6. Discursive Politics 7. Communities and Rape Work 8. Gender and Rape Work 9. The Emotions of Rape Work: You Need Some Really Soft Handling 10. Moving Forward

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Yancey Martin, Martin Patricia Yancey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2005
• EAN: 9780415927741
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92774-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Perspectives on Gender; Perspectives on Gender
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Sexual abuse and harassment, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology