Rape Work Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context

Name: Rape Work Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context
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ISBN: 9780415927758

ISBN-10: 0415927757

ISBN-13: 9780415927758

Edition: 2005

Authors: Patricia Yancey Martin

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Despite the proliferation of rape crisis centers and other improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the past 20 years, many victims still find themselves the victims of what has been called a "second rape" by doctors, lawyers, judges, police, and administrators that process them. This book takes a critical look at the organizations and officials that process rape victims to see how the structure of their respective organizations often prevent them from providing responsive care. Rape crisis centers are considered in detail and compared with mainstream organizations such as hospital emergency rooms, law enforcement and the judicial system. These comparisons are then used to offer…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.46" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Rape Work



Rape Work in Organizationl Context



The Legal Institution: Why Police, Prosecutors, and Judges


Collaborate with Rapists and Their Defenders



Hospitals-The Reluctant Partner



Rape Crisis Centers as Unobtrusive


Mobilizers



Discursive Politics



Communities and Rape Work



Gender and Rape Work



The Emotions of Rape Work: "You Need Some Really Soft Handling"



Moving Forward