Rape work : victims, gender and emotions in organization and community context /

Rape work : victims, gender and emotions in organization and community context /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Martin, Patricia Yancey.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	xv, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Perspectives on gender series Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
Subject:	Rape victims -- Services for. Rape. Rape victims -- Services for.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6105080

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ISBN:	0415927749 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415927757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Rape work
2. Rape work in organizational 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.