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Encyclopedia of Rape and Sexual Violence

by Merril D. Smith
ABC-CLIO. May 2018. 728p. ed. by . bibliog. index. ISBN 9781440844898. $182; ebk. ISBN 9781440844904. SOC SCI
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With this in-depth, illuminating encyclopedia, Smith (Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America; Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast) covers the issues surrounding rape and sex, using key statistics, laws, court cases, and obstacles to prosecution. Contributors include scholars as well as mental health practitioners. Twenty alphabetically arranged chapters examine issues both nationally and worldwide, with a lengthy bibliography found at the end of each section. The set features a chronology (with events such as the 1931 Scottsboro case and the passing of the Federal Sexual Abuse Act in 1986) and a selection of primary source documents, including court cases, congressional hearings, federal laws, and UN reports. In addition, the second volume offers a list of U.S. and international organizations that provide resources and support for victims and survivors of sexual violence.
VERDICT Undergraduate students in the social sciences will gain a better understanding of the subject.
Reviewed by Diane Fulkerson, Univ. of South Florida, Lakeland , Aug 01, 2018
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