Encyclopedia of Rape and Sexual Violence [2 volumes]
byMerril D. Smith, PhD, is an independent scholar and author. Her works include Encyclopedia of Rape, Sex without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America, and Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast.
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This two-volume set provides an authoritative overview of rape and other forms of sexual violence, containing the latest information about victims and perpetrators; events, laws, and trends related to sexual violence; and attitudes toward it.
• Explains the many types of rape and sexual violence• Discusses what organizations and nations are doing to help victims and survivors and to convict perpetrators, and provides insights into what has worked and what has failed—and why
• Covers sexual violence committed globally against people of all genders and ages and in a variety of conditions, including prisons, nursing homes, over the internet, and in wartime, so that readers may understand the universality of the issue
• Covers both U.S. and international topics in primary documents including testimonies from rape victims given before the US Senate in relation to violence in the military, scandals in gymnastics, and human trafficking; documents concerning corrective hate in South Africa and those forced into sexual slavery by ISIS; and legislation such as the Clery Act and Title IX
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Encyclopedia of Rape and Sexual Violence [2 volumes]
Contributors: Smith, Merril;Abstract:This two-volume set provides an authoritative overview of rape and other forms of sexual violence, containing the latest information about victims and perpetrators; events, laws, and trends related to sexual violence; and attitudes toward it.
• Explains the many types of rape and sexual violence• Discusses what organizations and nations are doing to help victims and survivors and to convict perpetrators, and provides insights into what has worked and what has failed—and why
• Covers sexual violence committed globally against people of all genders and ages and in a variety of conditions, including prisons, nursing homes, over the internet, and in wartime, so that readers may understand the universality of the issue
• Covers both U.S. and international topics in primary documents including testimonies from rape victims given before the US Senate in relation to violence in the military, scandals in gymnastics, and human trafficking; documents concerning corrective hate in South Africa and those forced into sexual slavery by ISIS; and legislation such as the Clery Act and Title IX
Editor(s): Smith, Merril;SortTitle: encyclopedia of rape and sexual violence [2 volumes]Author Info:Merril D. Smith Ph.D.editorMerril D. Smith, PhD, is an independent scholar and author. Her works include Encyclopedia of Rape, Sex without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America, and Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast.
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- Volume 1: A–R V1:i2
- Volume 2: S–Z and Primary Documents V2:i332
- Title V2:iii334
- Copyright V2:iv335
- Contents V2:v336
- Acknowledgments V2:ix340
- Introduction V2:xi342
- Chronology of Selected Rape and Sexual Violence Events V2:xxiii354
- S V2:301362
- W V2:453514
- Primary Documents V2:473534
- Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County (1981) V2:473534
- Anita Hill’s Testimony: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings for Clarence Thomas, Part 4 (October 11, 1991) V2:477538
- The Federal Campus Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights (1992) V2:480541
- The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (August 1996) V2:481542
- First Anniversary of the 1996 World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children V2:482543
- Rape and Murder of Brandon Teena (September 1997) V2:485546
- South African Criminal Law on Sexual Offences (2007) V2:486547
- Why Don’t Rape Victims Report The Crime? Medical University of South Carolina, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (February 2007) V2:488549
- Rape as a Weapon of War: U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law (April 1, 2008) V2:489550
- Testimony of Lisa F. Jackson: U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law (April 1, 2008) V2:493554
- Remarks by President Barack Obama at Reception Commemorating the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act (October 28, 2009) V2:497558
- A Police Commissioner Shares a Lesson: U.S. Senate Hearing on “Rape in the United States: The Chronic Failure to Report and Investigate Rape Cases” (September 14, 2010) V2:499560
- Dear Colleague Letter: The Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education (April 4, 2011) V2:501562
- Testimony of Esmeralda Soto on Sexual Assault in an Immigrant Detention Center, Prepared for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (July 13, 2011) V2:514575
- The Clery Act, Amended (2013) V2:516577
- The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (March 2013) V2:517578
- Statement of Ms. Brigette McCoy, Former Specialist, U.S. Army: U.S. Senate (March 13, 2013) V2:518579
- Sexual Assault in the Military: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (September 2013) V2:521582
- Title IX Rights for Students Who Have Experienced SexualViolence (2014) V2:522583
- “Yes Means Yes” Bill: California SB 967 (February 10, 2014) V2:524585
- A Male Survivor of Military Sexual Trauma: Testimony of Brian K. Lewis (March 2014) V2:527588
- “Not Alone” Report: Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (April 2014) V2:529590
- Paroline v. United States (April 2014) V2:534595
- Statement of Laurie Dishman: Senate Hearing for the Cruise Passenger Protection Act (July 23, 2014) V2:544605
- Human Trafficking in American Schools: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students (January 2015) V2:548609
- Testimony of Holly Austin Smith, Child Sex Trafficking Survivor: U.S. Senate (February 24, 2015) V2:549610
- Hearing on the Rape Kit Backlog: Testimony of Scott Berkowitz of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution (May 20, 2015) V2:551612
- Technology and Legislation in Fighting Crime: A Survivor Speaks: Testimony of Natasha S. Alexenko (June 18, 2015) V2:554615
- Vice President Joe Biden: It’s On Us to Stop Campus Sexual Assault (November 9, 2015) V2:557618
- Testimony of Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a Yazidi Victim of Sexual Slavery: United Nations Security Council (December 16, 2015) V2:559620
- United Nations Under-Secretary-General Zainab Hawa Bangura: Remarks on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Syria(February 4, 2016) V2:560621
- Comfort Women Call for Reparations: Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues (March 8, 2016) V2:562623
- Eudy Simelane and “Corrective Rape”: Eudy Simelane Memorial Lecture by Edwin Cameron, University of KwaZulu-Natal(April 7, 2016) V2:563624
- A Rape Victim Speaks: The People v. Brock Allen Turner(June 2, 2016) V2:565626
- Holding Colleges and Universities Accountable for Underreporting Sexual Violence on Campus: U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (July 1, 2016) V2:567628
- Testimony of Amita Swadhin, Child Rape Survivor and Advocate for Sexual Assault Survivors: Confirmation Hearings for Jeff Sessions for Attorney General (January 11, 2017) V2:570631
- A Gymnast Speaks Out against Sexual Abuse: Testimony of Jamie Dantzscher before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee(March 28, 2017) V2:573634
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (April 2017) V2:575636
- Sexual Abuse at an Elite School: Report to the Board of Trustees of Choate Rosemary Hall (April 2017) V2:577638
- Exoneration for the Groveland Four: Florida Senate(April 14, 2017) V2:578639
- Prison Rape Elimination Act Data Collection Activities(June 2017) V2:580641
- Resources 583644
- About the Editor and Contributors 591652
- Index 595656