Judging Victims : Why we Stigmatize Survivors, and How They Reclaim Respect / Jennifer L. Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Jennifer L., Author.

Series:

Social Problems, Social Constructions Series

Social Problems, Social Constructions

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

“Why didn’t she resist?” “Why is he telling us only now?” “Why can’t she move on?” Unpacking the questions that cast victims as deviants, Jennifer Dunn critically examines why we stigmatize survivors of rape, battering, incest, and clergy abuse—and how they reclaim their identities. Dunn explores the shifting perceptions over time of victims as blameworthy, blameless, pathetic, or heroic figures. She also links those images to their real-world consequences, demonstrating that they dominate the ways in which people think about intimate violence and individual responsibility. Her analysis cuts to the core of fundamental issues at the center of debates about crime and deviance, victimization, and social problems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Vocabularies of Victimization: Sympathy, Agency, and Identity

2 Survivor Movements Then and Now

3 The Antirape Movement and Blameworthy Victims

4 The Battered Women’s Movement and Blameless Victims

5 “Backlash” and Pathetic Victims

6 Survivors of Clergy Abuse and Admirable Victims

7 The Vanguard of Victimology: Survivors, Identity Work, and Cultural Change

Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-768-X

OCLC:

1334343793