Rape as a part of domestic violence
Subtitle: a qualitative analysis of case narratives and official reports
By: Katharine Tellis.
Series: Criminal justice
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781593323974
Subjects: Rape -- United States; Rape in marriage -- United States; Family violence -- United States
Description: Increased attention to intimate partner rape has resulted in clinical studies and population based survey research. Tellis examines the situational context of intimate partner rapes reported to the police. This study seeks to make sexual assault visible in domestic violence by using extant typologies to examine the control context and co-occurrence of physical and sexual assault in intimate partner rape.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making sexual assault visible in domestic violence; title: The social context of, and criminal justice response to, intimate partner rape; title: The research strategy; title: Contextualizing intimate partner rape; title: The control context of intimate partner rape; title: Looking ahead : furthering the visibility of sexual assault in domestic violence.