Stopping rape : towards a comprehensive policy /

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Imprint:Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11678242
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Other authors / contributors:Walby, Sylvia.
ISBN:9781447351566
1447351568
9781447322108
144732210X
1447322096
9781447322092
9781447322122
1447322126
9781447322115
1447322118
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Epdf available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape, together with case studies on their effectiveness in practice. Engaging with the legal and criminal justice systems, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural outreach, and more, it brings together both theory and real-world evidence to build a thorough picture of worldwide efforts to fight rape in all its contexts.
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The need to stop rape is pressing and, since it is the outcome of a wide range of practices and institutions in society, so too must the policies be to stop it This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape , together with case study examples on how they work. The book engages with the law and criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions, as well as how they can best be coordinated. It is informed by theory and evidence drawn from scholarship and practice from around the world.

The book will be of interest to a global readership of students, practitioners and policy makers as well as anyone who wants to know how rape can be stopped.

Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781447351566
1447351568
9781447322108
144732210X
1447322096
9781447322092
9781447322122
1447322126
9781447322115
1447322118