Woman-to-woman sexual violence : does she call it rape?
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Woman-to-woman sexual violence : does she call it rape?
（The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law / edited by Claire Renzetti）
Northeastern University Press , Leisure], c2002
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- cloth : alk.paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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pbk. : alk.paper ISBN 9781555534677
内容説明
Incarcerated women in the United States are largely an invisible population because of their small numbers, their involvement in less violent and serious offenses, and their neglect by most criminologists. Yet all too often prison has become a dumping ground for women who lack options for self-support, or who need drug treatment, job training, or a haven from battering.
This work draws on the life stories of forty women inmates at a minimum security prison in North Carolina. It explores their lives before imprisonment, enabling the reader to understand their incarceration within the context of childhood and adolescent experiences, domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse, low education levels, and poor work histories. Lori B. Girshick relates the prisoners' views of doing time, the criminal justice system, and their own rehabilitation. She also interviews family members, friends, and social service providers to show how support networks function or fail.
Girshick argues convincingly that the treatment of women in society creates circumstances that lead some of them to break the law, and she makes specific recommendations for policies that address the need for social change and for community programs designed to deter crime.
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cloth : alk.paper ISBN 9781555535285
内容説明
Most legal systems are unequipped to deal with woman-to-woman sexual assault; women's services do not have the resources to reach out to its victims; and lesbian and gay communities face hurdles in acknowledging its existence. Already dealing with complex issues related to their sexual identities, and frequently overwhelmed by shame, lesbian and bisexual survivors of such violence are among the most isolated of crime victims. Based on a nationwide survey and in-depth intervews, this book exploses the shocking, hidden reality of woman-to-woman sexual violence and gives voice to the abused. Lori B. Girshick explores the experiences and reflections of 70 women, documenting what happened to them, how they responded, and whether they received any help to cope with the emotional impact of their assault. The author discusses how the lesbian community has silenced the survivors of sexual violence due to myths of lesbian utopia, and considers what role societal homophobia, biphobia and heterosexism has played in this silencing.
Ranging from date and acquaintance rape to domestic sexual abuse by partners, to sexual harassment in the workplace, these explicit and harrowing stories are intended to provide a fuller understanding of this type of sexual violence than exists anywhere else. While offering insights on a subject rarely discussed in the literature on domestic violence, the book aims to do so with compassion. It recommends how agencies can best provide services, outreach and treatment to survivors of woman-to-woman rape and lesbian batterng, using suggestions from the survivors themselves.
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