Sexual victimization : then and now /
Sexual victimization : then and now /
[edited by] Tara N. Richards, University of Baltimore, Catherine D. Marcum, Appalachian State University.
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, [2015], c2015.
- xiii, 249 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State variations on definition of sexual assault -- Legislative origins, reforms, and future directions -- Criminal justice system treatment approaches for sexual assault victims -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual victimization among intimates -- Sexual victimization on college campuses -- The fine line between statutory rape and consensual relationships -- Sexual victimization online -- Victimization of the vulnerable -- Same-sex victimization and the LGBTQ community -- Sexual victimization in the U.S. military -- Sexual victimization and the disputed victim.
"Provides scholars easy access to information that specifically examines the continuum of sex crimes and the perception of victims by our criminal justice system and society as a whole. This text features contributions from well-known researchers in the field and serves as an important resource to provide scholars with up-to-date research on sexual victimization that will educate students on this complex and evolving challenge for the criminal justice system."--Back cover.
9781483308173 (pbk.)
2013036560
Sex crimes--United States.
Sexual abuse victims--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
HV6592 / Se9 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State variations on definition of sexual assault -- Legislative origins, reforms, and future directions -- Criminal justice system treatment approaches for sexual assault victims -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual victimization among intimates -- Sexual victimization on college campuses -- The fine line between statutory rape and consensual relationships -- Sexual victimization online -- Victimization of the vulnerable -- Same-sex victimization and the LGBTQ community -- Sexual victimization in the U.S. military -- Sexual victimization and the disputed victim.
"Provides scholars easy access to information that specifically examines the continuum of sex crimes and the perception of victims by our criminal justice system and society as a whole. This text features contributions from well-known researchers in the field and serves as an important resource to provide scholars with up-to-date research on sexual victimization that will educate students on this complex and evolving challenge for the criminal justice system."--Back cover.
9781483308173 (pbk.)
2013036560
Sex crimes--United States.
Sexual abuse victims--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
HV6592 / Se9 2015