Research Catalog

Title

The epidemic of rape and child sexual abuse in the United States / Diana E.H. Russell, Rebecca M. Bolen.

Author

Russell, Diana E. H.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2000.

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Additional Authors

Bolen, Rebecca Morris.

Description

xvii, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Child Abuse, Sexual
• Child sexual abuse > Evaluation. > United States
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Rape
• Rape > Evaluation. > United States
• United States
• Victims of crimes surveys > United States > Evaluation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rape law and prevalence research -- Russell's survey on the incidence and prevalence of rape in San Francisco -- Rapes reported to the police: a comparison of the FBI's and Russell's data -- The federal goverment's estimates of the incidence of rape -- The prevalence of rape: other representative samples, part 1 -- The prevalence of rape: other representative samples, part 2 -- Is the rape rate really decreasing? Trends in rape rates over time -- Child sexual abuse, the law, and researchers' definitions -- The incidence of child sexual abuse -- Russell's survey of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in San Francisco -- The prevalence of child sexual abuse: other representative samples, part 1 -- The prevalence of child sexual abuse: other representative samples, part 2 -- Comparisons of child sexual abuse prevalence rates -- The epidemic of child rape: reality and new myth.

ISBN

• 0761903011 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 076190302X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00008111^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library