Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers / Edition 1

by Raquel Kennedy Bergen

Overview

With expertise and sensitivity, the author of this accessibly written volume addresses a real but long-neglected problem: the pain and humiliation of sexual assault suffered by many women at the hands of their partners.

Extensive gathering of personal testimony from survivors, together with interviews with service providers, bears witness to a lack of validation and insufficient assistance currently available for such women. This volume gives hope to survivors and provides critical information for service providers to gain a better understanding of the seriousness of the problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803972407
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/29/1996
Series:	SAGE Series on Violence against Women , #2
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Raquel Kennedy Bergen is a Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her BS from Saint Joseph’s University in Sociology and her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly publications and nine books on violence against women including, Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers; and Issues in Intimate Violence. With Claire Renzetti and Jeff Edleson she edited, Sourcebook on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Women: Classic Statements. She co-edited Violence Against Women: Readings from Social Problems with Claire Renzetti. She is the current Chair of Gender Studies at Saint Joseph’s and the faculty moderator for the Rape Education Prevention Program. Her area of expertise is sexual violence in intimate partnerships and she regularly provides workshops around the country to domestic violence and rape crisis programs to address this form of violence. She has volunteered as an advocate for battered women and sexual assault survivors for the past 27 years. Her current research continues in the field of violence against women—analyzing the intersection of women’s experiences of physical, sexual and emotional violence with their partners during pregnancy.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to the Problem of Wife Rape
Understanding Women's Experiences of Wife Rape
Defining and Ending the Violence
The Response of Two Agencies to Wife Rape
Providing Services to Wife Rape Survivors
Current Trends and Future Directions

Editorial Reviews

Offers personal testimonies of survivors of wife rape and interviews with social service providers, illustrating the lack of validation and insufficient assistance available to the victims. Coverage includes definitions of sexual violence, causes of wife rape, and emotional survival. Appendices offer a state-by-state guide to service providers, a state law chart, and a list of organizations providing information on rape. For those who work with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and policymakers. Paper edition (7241-5), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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