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Male Rape

The Emergence of a Social and Legal Issue

ISBN 9780230520769
Publication Date July 2008
Formats Hardcover Ebook (EPUB) Ebook (PDF) 
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

This book examines the taboo topic of male-on-male rape. It looks at men's reluctance to report rape, focusing on male rape myths, including the idea that 'men who rape other men must be homosexual' and that 'real men can't be raped'. The book reveals that men are not only raped in prison, as is commonly believed, and that they suffer similar trauma to female survivors of rape. Abdullah-Khan explores the role of newspapers in dispelling or perpetuating these myths and examines the role of the police and their attitudes towards male rape survivors, also looking at people's perceptions of male rape compared to the realities of the experience of men who have been raped.

NOREEN ABDULLAH-KHAN was previously Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Kingston University, UK.  

Introduction
Taking Victims into Account and Considering the Impact of Victim blame. 
Contextualising the Issue of Male Rape
Theoretical Explanations for the Occurrence of Male 
Researching Male on Male Rape
Challenging Myths? Male Rape in the News
The Metropolitan Police Service
The Nature and Impact of Male Rape: Empirical Findings from Survivors of Male Rape
Policy Directions for Male Rape and Conclusions.

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'Although the topic of male rape is receiving increasing research interest in the forensic, clinical and social psychological literature, there are currently very few academic texts relating to this issue. I applaud Dr. Abdullah-Kahn for under-taking this timely and potentially very useful book.'
Dr. Michelle Davies, Senior Lecturer of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, UK.
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