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Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, the author presents the dynamics of sexual abuse both from the victim's point of view and from the priest's; probes why the Church hierarchy, fellow priests, and lay people were silent for so long; and what drew this scandal into the public arena.

It is comfortable to believe that incest and child sexual abuse need not concern us because we have institutions to deal with these problems. This book disallows that complacency and shows that the systems has failed, and worse - that it has generated a dangerous atmosphere of denial and cover-up. Focusing on five case studies, Rosen and Etlin expose a systemic breakdown so fundamental, so irrational, and so shocking that the necessity of radical...

Explains the range of different sexual violations, from harassment in the workplace and marital rape to sexual violence in the military and childhood sexual abuse; and offers tips from experts in the field on various modes of recovery including mind-body practices, psychoeducation, spirituality/religion, and journaling.

"In 1988, Walter S. DeKeseredy announced Male Peer Support (MPS) Theory, which popularized the notion that certain all-male peer groups encourage, justify, and support the abuse of women. In 1993, DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz modified and expanded MPS Theory. Today, after twenty-five years of research, numerous studies from a diverse range of fields and practitioners support the original claim, providing a powerful explanation for the mechanism...

""No touch" policies, where caregivers, teachers, and other child workers are being informed they cannot touch children in their care, are growing in popularity. Hands Off! critically engages "no touch" by sharing related stories from the field, stories that validate the popularity of "no touch." "No touch" is presented and interrogated as a moral panic prevalent throughout our society. In an attempt to reframe "no touch," sexuality is considered...

"Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012 is a thoughtful, multidisciplinary commentary. Beginning when the scandal first broke in Boston in 2002, this first-of-its-kind work offers a wide range of reflections from those in the know, both complimentary and critical of the Church, on what has been done in the ensuing ten years to stop and prevent such abuse. Through the contributions here, readers can delve into the world...

Draws from interviews with forty women to examine how African-American women contend with intimate partner abuse, and looks at the extent of domestic violence against African-American women.

The very structure of a trial is formidable to adults; to a victimized child, the procedures of our legal system can be overwhelming, even traumatizing. Dziech, an expert on sexual harassment, and Schudson, a judge pioneering new methods in child sex abuse cases, propose gentle, effective means to facilitate children's testimony. Addressing children in nontechnical language, allowing them to demonstrate what happened using dolls or puppets, and permitting...