Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape

by Vernon R. Wiehe, Ann S. Richards, Ann Richards

Book Overview

Acquaintance rape is a serious social problem, yet it remains widely misunderstood by the general public and by practitioners working with both survivors and perpetrators. The concept rape′ is generally thought of in terms of rape by a stranger; acquaintance rape survivors are more likely to be blamed for the assault than stranger rape survivors. This seriously impacts upon what survivors do after the assault, on the services survivors receive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803973616
• ISBN13: 9780803973619
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"