Rape and Woman′s Identity

by Wiley B. Sanders

Rape is an assault on a womans identity, reputation, and sense of self, according to the author. Sanders originally intended to study the interaction of police and rape victims, but found it necessary to widen the scope of his research to include the legal, cultural, and social context of rape; its typical physical process; the reasons for it; and its effect on victims. What emerges is a study of rape from every possible viewpoint -- one that leads...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803914490
• ISBN13: 9780803914490
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.