When does becoming part of the team go too far? For decades, young men and women endured degrading and dangerous rituals in order to join sororities and fraternities while college administrators blindly accepted their consequences. In recent years, these practices have spilled over into the mainstream, polluting military organizations, sports teams, and even secondary schools. In Destroying Young Lives: Hazing in Schools and the Military, Hank Nuwer assembles an extraordinary cast of analysts to...
*Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014*'The Pies beat the Saints and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in black and white crepe paper when the rumour of a pack rape by celebrating footballers began to surface. By morning, the head of the sexual crimes squad confirmed to journalists that they were preparing to question two players ... And so, as police were confiscating bed sheets from a townhouse in South Melbourne, the trial by media began.'What does a young footba...
In this book, two experienced members of a specialist Child Sexual Abuse team present an integrated factual and theoretical account of child sexual abuse, and provide clear guidelines for professional intervention. Part one describes the characteristics of child sexual abuse and presents a critical account of current explanatory theories. Part two details the steps to be taken at all stages of the intervention process from suspicion, through disclosure and validation, to therapy. '...as a headte...
Military Sexual Assault
by Barbara Salazar Torreon and Kristy N. Kamarck
'Rough Sex' and the Criminal Law (Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse)
‘Rough sex’ has been at the forefront of criminal law in recent years following several high-profile murders of women killed during alleged consensual sex ‘gone wrong’, leading to widespread calls for reform to prevent the use of what has been termed the ‘rough sex defence.’ Situated in a global context in which violence against women is one of the leading preventable contributors to death and illness for women aged 18–44 worldwide, this timely collection examines the rough sex defence and respo...
As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it's estimated that half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex and often hidden pain. What does the path to healing look like for survivors? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counsellors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own and his wife's experience as survivors...
