Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention
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Beschreibung
This timely handbook provides in-depth overviews of the myriad and multi-faceted issues surrounding sexual assault and its pervasiveness in today’s culture. Drawing for multiple viewpoints and experts, the book is divided into seven comprehensive sections, covering such topics as risk factors, varying theoretical frameworks, prevention and intervention, and special populations. Within these sections the authors provide historical background as well as the latest research, and offer treatment outcomes and potentials.
Selected topics covered in this book include:
- Feminist theories of sexual assault
- Social and economic factors surrounding sexual violence
- Mental, physiological, physical, and functional health concerns of victims, including PTSD
- Major categories of sexual offenders
- Treatment of sexual assault survivors in the LGBTQ+ community
- Procedural processes related to sexual assault investigation and adjudication within the criminal justice system
The Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention is a vital book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of students, researchers, practitioners, and clinicians in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, community mental health, and sociology.
This timely handbook provides in-depth overviews of the myriad and multi-faceted issues surrounding sexual assault and its pervasiveness in today’s culture. Drawing for multiple viewpoints and experts, the book is divided into seven comprehensive sections, covering such topics as risk factors, varying theoretical frameworks, prevention and intervention, and special populations. Within these sections the authors provide historical background as well as the latest research, and offer treatment outcomes and potentials.Selected topics covered in this book include:
- Feminist theories of sexual assault
- Social and economic factors surrounding sexual violence
- Mental, physiological, physical, and functional health concerns of victims, including PTSD
- Major categories of sexual offenders
- Treatment of sexual assault survivors in the LGBTQ+ community
- Procedural processes related to sexual assault investigation and adjudication within thecriminal justice system
The Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention is a vital book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of students, researchers, practitioners, and clinicians in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, community mental health, and sociology.
Comprehensive sections and chapters authored by experts in their fields Provides a foundational, research-based, multidiscplinary approach to complex topics Takes a critical and compelling issue in directions that will appeal to students, researchers, practioners, and clinicians
Autor*in
William T. O'Donohue
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