Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bolen, Rebecca Morris.

Description

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

Subject

1. Child Abuse, Sexual
2. Child sexual abuse > Evaluation. > United States
3. Evaluation Studies as Topic
4. Rape
5. Rape > Evaluation. > United States
6. United States
7. Victims of crimes surveys > United States > Evaluation

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

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

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain