Wife rape : understanding the response of survivors and service providers / Raquel Kennedy Bergen.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bergen, Raquel Kennedy.

Series:

• Sage series on violence against women ; v. 2.
• Sage series on violence against women ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rape in marriage--United States.
• Rape in marriage--United States--Case studies.
• Abused wives--United States--Case studies.
• Abused wives--Services for--United States.
• Abused wives--Services for.
• Abused wives.
• Rape in marriage.
• United States.

Physical Description:

x, 179 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1996]

Summary:

Attending to a subject long neglected by research and popular spheres, author Raquel Kennedy Bergen addresses the deep pain and humiliation of sexual assault suffered by countless numbers of women at the hands of their partners. Wife Rape lends voice to the personal testimonies of survivors and contrasts these stories with interviews of service providers, illustrating the lack of validation and insufficient assistance currently available to wife rape survivors. Offering insight and hope to survivors and providing critical information to service providers, this valuable volume helps readers better understand wife rape and the response of agencies to the problem. In addition, a special guide to service providers, a state law chart, and a list of organizations that provide information on rape make this book an important resource.

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 ends and future directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-171) and index.

ISBN:

• 0803972407
• 0803972415

OCLC:

34076924