The Lasting Harm - Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, True Crime

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE ''Powerful, vivid and affecting'' DAVID NICHOLLS ''Urgent, necessary and courageous'' ELIZABETH DAY ''Brilliantly unsettling'' GUARDIAN ''Will make you think about trauma in a new light'' EVENING STANDARD ''I understand - and sympathise with - the feeling you might have that you already know the Jeffrey Epstein story. But I am not here to tell you a story about Jeffrey Epstein, or even Ghislaine Maxwell. I am here to tell you the stories of ten women, many of whom have never spoken at length before, about the real impact of sexual trauma on their lives'' In November 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces twenty years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein''s abuse of four girls. The trial was meticulously covered by journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley, one of the only reporters allowed into the courtroom every day. The Lasting Harm is her account of that trial, a gripping true crime drama and a blistering critique of a criminal justice system ill-equipped to deliver justice for abuse survivors, no matter the outcome. Giving voice to four women and their testimonies, and supplemented by exclusive interviews, The Lasting Harm brings this incendiary trial to life, questions our age-old appetite for crime and punishment and offers a new blueprint for meaningful reparative justice.

Product details

• Authors: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9780008591229
• ISBN: 978-0-00-859122-9
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, TRUE CRIME / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, LAW / Gender & the Law, Sexual abuse & harassment, Reportage & collected journalism, Feminism & feminist theory, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Sexual abuse and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, Criminal law: Gender violence, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Offences against the person, Victimology and victims of crime