With the recent media interest in celebrity childhood sexual abuse and rape cases, we think we know what sexual violence is and who 'rape victims' are. But this portrayal is limited. Drawing on in-depth accounts from women who have experienced rape, this book revisits issues of credibility, responsibility and feminism to provide missing details.

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Alison Healicon

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Alison Healicon has worked in the voluntary sexual and domestic violence sector for 25 years. She is currently a tutor on the Applied Community and Youth Work Studies programme at the University of Manchester, UK, and holds a doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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Book Title: The Politics of Sexual Violence
Book Subtitle: Rape, Identity and Feminism
Authors: Alison Healicon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137461728
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46171-1Published: 29 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46172-8Published: 26 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 135
Topics: Crime and Society, Gender Studies, Feminism, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Sexual Violence

Identity

Credibility

Responsibility

Agency

Practice

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