Books & Other Publications

Books & Other Publications

 

ADOLESCENTS

 

Title: It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse
Media: 180-page book
Author: William Lee Carter
Year and publisher: 2002 by New Harbinger Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Professionals working with teens, adolescents, and young adults.
Focus: Handbook to help teens recovering from sexual trauma develop healthy emotional responses, self-images, beliefs, and interpersonal communication skills.
Available from: www.newharbinger.com
New Harbinger
567 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: 800-748-6273
Fax: 510-652-5472

 

CHILDHOOD ABUSE/INCEST

 

Title: Medical, Legal, and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes
Media: Book (2 volume set), 1300 pages
Authors: Sharon Cooper, Angelo Giardino, Victor Vieth, and Nancy Kellogg
Year and publisher: 2005 by G.W. Medical Publishing
Language: English
Target audience: Physicians, social service professionals, law enforcement personnel, teachers, and childcare professionals, and families.
Focus: Investigates Internet crimes against children from a multidisciplinary approach, providing insight into victims and perpetrators with guidelines for prosecution and strategies for prevention.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

 

Title: Investigating Child Exploitation and Pornography: The Internet, Law and Forensic Science
Media: 320-page book
Authors: Monique Ferraro and Eoghan Casey
Year and publisher: 2004 by Elsevier
Language: English
Target audience: Police, prosecutors and forensic examiners.
Focus: A thorough book providing historical, legal, technical, and social background for the laws covering child exploitation and pornography.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

 

Title: Child Sexual Abuse: Its Scope and Our Failure
Media: 320-page book
Author: Rebecca M Bolen
Year and publisher: 2002 by Springer
Language: English
Target audience: Professionals in government, law enforcement, medical, mental health, and any agency that works with child sexual abuse offenders and victims.
Focus: Proposes that policies, programs, and statutes in place to address child sexual abuse fail to eliminate the problem due to a lack of empirically grounded knowledge and practice.
Available from: www.springeronline.com
Springer New York, LLC
233 Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-460-1500
Fax: 212-473-6272

 

Title: Critical Issues in Child Sexual Abuse: Historical, Legal, and Psychological Perspectives
Media: 232-page book
Author: John R. Conte
Year and publisher: 2001 by Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: A summary book of current knowledge in several specific areas of childhood abuse.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

Title: Trauma and Sexuality: The Effects of Childhood Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse on Sexuality and Identity
Media: 150-page book
Editors: James A. Chu and Elizabeth S. Bowman
Year and publisher: 2003 by Haworth Press
Language: English
Target audience: Therapists and mental health professionals.
Focus: An examination of the effects of childhood trauma on sexual orientation and behavior.
Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/
The Haworth Press Inc.
10 Alice St.
Binghamton, NY 13904
Phone: 800-429-6784
Fax: 800-895-0582 or 607-771-0012

 

Title: Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families
Media: 384-page book
Author: William N. Friedrich
Year and publisher: 2001 by Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Professionals in the field of child maltreatment.
Focus: Offers interview formats, checklists, and measures to assist clinicians in the assessment of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused and their parents.
Available from:http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

Title: Mother-Daughter Incest: A Guide for Helping Professionals
Media: 202-page book
Author: Beverly A. Ogilvie
Year and publisher: 2004 by Haworth Press
Language: English
Target audience: Therapists, social workers, medical or mental health professionals.
Focus: Mother-daughter incest as seen from the perceptions and reactions of victims.
Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/
The Haworth Press Inc.
10 Alice St.
Binghamton, NY 13904
Phone: 800-429-6784
Fax: 800-895-0582 or 607-771-0012

 

COLLEGE

 

Title: Sexual Violence on Campus: Policies, Programs, and Perspectives in the 21st Century
Media: 304-page book,
Editors: Kathy Hotelling and Allen J. Ottens
Year and publisher: 2001 by Springer
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Covers acquaintance rape, drug facilitated, alcohol and sexual violence, prevention programs, LGBT populations, counseling, athletes, and fraternity and sorority communities.
Available from: www.springeronline.com
Springer New York, LLC
233 Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-460-1500
Fax: 212-473-6272

 

COMMUNITY/SOCIETAL ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES

 

Title: Unspoken Crimes: Sexual Assault in Rural America
Media: 32-page booklet: Available in web-based format as a plain text and PDF document
Author: Susan H. Lewis
Year and publisher: 2003 by National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Portrays the barriers faced by victims of sexual assault and service providers in rural communities.
Available from: http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/

 

Title: Shine the Light: Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish Community
Media: 266-page book
Author: Rachel Lev
Year and publisher: 2002 by Northeastern University Press
Language: English
Target audience: Survivors, family members, and trauma professionals.
Focus: Describes unique concerns regarding sexual abuse within the Jewish community in light of historical issues of victimization and self-image.
Available from: http://www.sidran.org/bookshelf.html
Sidran Institute
200 E. Joppa Road, Suite 207
Towson, MD 21286
Phone: 410-825-8888
Fax: 410-337-0747

 

Title: Reading Rape: The Rhetoric of Sexual Violence in American Literature and Culture, 1790–1990
Media: 256-page book
Author: Sabine Sielke
Year and publisher: 2002 by Princeton University Press
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Explores the evolution of an American rhetoric of rape and its contribution to American sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, class, and national identity.
Available from: http://pup.princeton.edu/
Princeton University Press
41 William Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08540-5237
Phone: 609-258-4900 or 800-777-4726
Fax: 609-258-6305

 

DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT

 

Title: Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: A Forensic Handbook
Media: 336-page book
Authors: Marc A. LeBeau and Ashraf Mozayani
Year and Publisher: 2001 by Academic Press
Language: English
Target audience: Ideal for everyone involved in the investigation of these crimes, including forensic scientists, police officers, lawyers, toxicologists and medical professionals.
Focus: This book describes the history of DFSA, types of drugs used and their effects, perpetrators, evidence collection, obstacles to investigation, and successful strategies.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/fi

 

HARASSMENT

 

Title: Evaluating Sexual Harassment: Psychological, Social, and Legal Considerations in Forensic Examinations
Media: 242-page book
Authors: William E. Foote and Jane Goodman-Delahunty
Year and publisher: 2004 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: Experienced forensic practitioners.
Focus: Familiarizes practitioners with current clinical, social, and legal literature regarding sexual harassment and prepares them for forensic consultations, reports, and testimony.
Available from: http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 2000

nd/2-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

Title: Relapse Prevention for Sexual Harassers
Media: 162-page book
Authors: Kirk A. Brunswig and William O'Donohue
Year and publisher: 2002 by Springer
Language: English
Target audience: Mental health clinicians and human resources professionals.
Focus: Treats sexual harassment as a form of sexual abuse and proposes treatment programs build on relapse prevention principles.
Available from: www.springeronline.com
Springer New York, LLC
233 Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-460-1500
Fax: 212-473-6272

 

LEGAL RESPONSES

 

Title: Rape Investigation Handbook
Media: 456-page book
Authors: Brent Turvey and John Savino
Year and publisher: 2005 by Academic Press
Language: English
Target audience: Law enforcement; crime scene investigators, sexual crime units, sexual assault nurse examiners, forensic nurses, and general forensic scientists.
Focus: A working manual for the investigation of sex crimes written by sex crime investigators and forensic scientists.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

 

Title: Current Perspectives on Sex Crimes
Media: 416-page book
Editors: Ronald Holmes and Steven Holmes
Year and publisher: 2001 by Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: An anthology covering the major types of sex crimes and offenders, therapies, juvenile sex offenses, and nuisance sexual offenders.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

Title: Sexual Assault: The Victims, the Perpetrators, and the Criminal Justice System
Media: 376-page book
Authors: Frances P. Reddington and Betsy Wright Kreisel
Year and Publisher: 2004 by Carolina Academic Press
Language: English
Target audience: Not provided.
Focus: An overview of sexual assault from a criminal justice perspective.
Available from: http://www.cap-press.com/
Carolina Academic Press
700 Kent Street
Durham, NC
27701
Phone: 919-489-7486
Fax: 919-493-5668

 

Title: Sexual Exploitation in Schools: How to Spot It and Stop It
Media: 160-page book
Author: Robert J. Stoop
Year and publisher: 2003 by Corwin Press
Language: English
Target audience: Educators, administrators, and parents.
Focus: Provides information regarding legal context, district and employee rights, and conducting an investigation to help educators and parents keep students safe in schools.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

Title: Sexualized Violence against Women and Children: A Psychology and Law Perspective
Media: 300-page book
Author: Edited by B. J. Cling
Year and publisher: 2004 by Guilford Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, family therapists, and sexual assault counselors.
Focus: Examines the intersection of clinical and legal perspectives on sexual violence to assist mental health clinicians serve in criminal or civil proceedings.
Available from: www.guilford.com
Guilford Publications
72 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 800-365-7006 or 212-431-9800
Fax: 212-966-6708

 

Title: Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada
Media: 256-page book
Authors: James F. Hodgson and Debra S. Kelley
Year and publisher: 2001 by Praeger Publishers
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: An evaluation of current criminal justice responses, policies, and practices regarding sexual violence focusing on methodological and ideological issues, rape law reform, social contexts of sexual assault, and community responses.
Available from: http://www.greenwood.com/
Phone: 800-225-5800
Fax: 603-431-2214

 

MALE RAPE

 

Title: Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
Media: 464-page book
Author: Mike Lew
Year and Publisher: 2004 by Perennial Currents
Language: English
Target audience: Male survivors of sexual assault.
Focus: This book offers male survivors advice from an experienced psychotherapist with stories and statements from other male survivors.
Available from: http://www.amazon.com

 

Title: Male Victims of Same-Sex Abuse
Media: 60-page book
Authors: John M. Preble and A. Nicholas Groth
Year and publisher: 2002 by Sidran Press
Language: English
Target audience: Clinicians, mental health practitioners, and rape trauma professionals.
Focus: A resource book about the sexual trauma of boys and men.
Available from: http://www.sidran.org/bookshelf.html
Sidran Institute
200 E. Joppa Road, Suite 207
Towson, MD 21286
Phone: 410-825-8888
Fax: 410-337-0747

 

Title: Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men
Media: 356-page book
Author: Richard B. Gartner
Year and publisher: 2001 by Guilford Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Clinicians, educators and students.
Focus: Examines the unique needs of men with histories of sexual abuse and suggests effective strategies for healing.
Available from:http://www.guilford.com
Guilford Publications
72 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 800-365-7006 or 212-431-9800
Fax: 212-966-6708

 

Title: Leaping upon the Mountains
Media: 266-page book
Author: Mike Lew
Year and publisher: 2000 by North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Target audience: Survivors, family members, and trauma professionals.
Focus: An identification of important issues during recovery by an international compilation of male survivors.
Available from: http://www.sidran.org/bookshelf.html
Sidran Institute
200 E. Joppa Road, Suite 207
Towson, MD 21286
Phone: 410-825-8888
Fax: 410-337-0747

 

MASCULINITY

 

Title: Masculinities, Violence and Culture
Media: 262-page book
Author: Suzanne E. Hatty
Year and publisher: 2000 by Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Students and professionals in Criminology, Legal Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Focus: Using biological, psychological, sociological, and anthropological theoretical models of masculinity and violence, this book focuses on violence as a predominantly male gendered activity.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

MEDIA & REPRESENTATION

 

Title: Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
Media: 224-page book
Author: Lynn Peril
Year and publisher: 2002 by W.W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Examines the social history of marketing by advertisers and advice experts to shape women’s behavior and self-image to a mythical standard of the feminine from the 1940s to 1970s.
Available from: http://www.wwnorton.com/
W.W. Norton & Company
Phone: 800-233-4830
Fax: 800-458-6515

 

Title: Representing Rape: Language and Sexual Consent
Media: 168-page book
Author: Susan Ehrlich
Year and publisher: 2001
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Presents a feminist analysis of rape trials by examining the power of language to construct the event and character of people under investigation in legal settings.
Available from: http://www.routledge-ny.com/
Taylor & Francis/Routledge
10650 Toebben Drive
Independence, KY 41051
Phone: 800-634-7064
Fax: 800-248-4724

 

MEDICAL/LEGAL RESPONSE

 

Title: Sexual Assault: A Quick Reference for Healthcare, Social Services, and Law Enforcement Professionals
Media: 576-page book
Authors: Angelo Giardino, Elizabeth Datner, Janice Asher, Barbara Girardin, Diana Faugno, and Mary Spencer
Year and publisher: 2004 by G.W. Medical Publishing
Language: English
Target audience: Physicians, emergency room staff, EMTs, social service personnel, attorneys, and law enforcement personnel.
Focus: A sexual assault reference guide covering diagnosis, treatment, roles of interdisciplinary team members, evidence collection, and interventions to protect victims and prosecute offenders.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

 

Title: Sexual Victimization Across the Lifespan
Media: Book (2 volume set), 1386 pages
Authors: Angelo Giardino, Elizabeth Datner, Janice Asher, Barbara Girardin, Diana Faugno, and Mary Spencer
Year and publisher: 2003 by G.W. Medical Publishing
Language: English
Target audience: Professionals from the medical, legal, and law enforcement fields.
Focus: This book provides information on evaluation and treatment of victims, and legal and prosecution issues of sexual violence at different life stages, situations, and individual capabilities.
Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/

 

OFFENDERS

 

Title: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, how They Operate, and how We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children
Media: 272-page book
Author: Anna C. Salter
Year and publisher: 2003 by Basic Books
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Offers an examination of sex offender types and strategies and suggests tactics to increase personal safety and decrease vulnerability.
Available from: http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/home.jsp
The Perseus Books Group
Customer Service Department
2300 Chestnut Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 800-345-5359
Fax: 800-453-2884

 

Title: Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender
Media: 277-page book
Author: A. Nicholas Groth
Year and publisher: 2001 by Basic Books
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Provides a clinical profile of sexual offenders with suggestions for treatment and prevention. Available from: http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/home.jsp
The Perseus Books Group
Customer Service Department
2300 Chestnut Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 800-345-5359
Fax: 800-453-2884

 

Title: Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond
Media: Book
Author: Dennis M. Doren
Year and publisher: 2002 by Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers.
Focus: A comprehensive book that includes techniques for interviewing offenders, diagnostic issues, instrumentation, evaluation reports, presenting in court, and ethical issues.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

Title: Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended: A Review of the Professional Literature
Media: Government Report, 65 pages
Authors: Sue Righthand and Carlann Welch
Year and publisher: 2001 by DIANE Publishing Company
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: This review describes characteristics of offenders, types of offenses, clinical assessment tools, recidivism rates and issues, treatment approaches and settings, and program assessment.
Available from: http://www.dianepublishingcentral.com/index.asp
D I A N E Publishing Company
PO Box 1428
Collingdale, PA 19023
Phone: 800-782-3833 or 610-461-6200
Fax: 610-461-6130

 

PERPETRATION

 

Title: The Causes of Rape: Understanding Individual Differences in Male Propensity for Sexual Aggression
Media: 305-page book
Authors: Martin L. Lalumiere, Grant T. Harris, Vernon L. Quinsey, and Marnie E. Rice
Year and publisher: 2005 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: Psychologists, social workers, and legal professionals.
Focus: An evidence-based analysis of coercive sex from developmental criminology, evolutionary psychology, psychopathology, and psychophysiology examining factors that influence the likelihood of rape.
Available from:http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

PREVENTION

 

Title: Sexual Assault in Context: Teaching College Men About Gender
Media: 144-page book
Author: Christopher Kilmartin
Year and Publisher: 2001 by Learning Publications
Language: English
Target audience: College men and student affairs professionals.
Focus: A manual that addresses issues of masculinity and their contribution to sexual violence against women.
Available from: http://www.volcanopress.com
Volcano Press
P.O. Box 270
Volcano, CA 95689-0270
Phone: 800-879-9636
Fax: 209-296-4995

 

Title: Preventing Violence in Relationships: Interventions Across the Life Span
Media: 289-page book
Editor: Paul A. Schewe
Year and publisher: 2002 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: Researchers and practitioners.
Focus: Focuses on the development of healthy interpersonal relationships skills to prevent relationship violence.
Available from: http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

Title: Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention
Media: 264-page book
Authors: Bernadette H. Schnell and Nellie M. Lanteigne
Year and publisher: 2000 by Quorum Books
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Provides guidelines for protection and prevention through an examination of how stalkers think, the impact on targets, legal approaches, case histories, and organizational strategies.
Available from: http://www.directtextbook.com/publisher/quorum-books

 

PROGRAMS

 

Title: Evaluating Services for Survivors Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Media: 200-page book
Authors: Stephen Riger, Larry Bennett, Sharon Wasco, Paul Schewe, Lisa Frohman, Jennifer Camacho, and Rebecca Campbell
Year and Publisher: 2002 by SAGE Publications
Language: English
Target audience: Service providers, evaluators, funding agencies and policy makers.
Focus: An essential book for those designing and implementing program evaluations that address the sensitive issues pertinent to victims of domestic and sexual violence.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

SECONDARY TRAUMA

 

Title: Emotionally Involved: The Impact of Researching Rape
Media: 224-page book
Author: Rebecca Campbell
Year and publisher: 2001 by Routledge
Language: English
Target audience: Researchers, therapists, and rape crisis counselors.
Focus: Proposes the concept that unbiased research is a myth and that emotional involvement by researchers enriches the study of survivors of sexual violence.
Available from: http://www.routledge-ny.com/
Taylor & Francis/Routledge
10650 Toebben Drive
Independence, KY 41051
Phone: 800-634-7064
Fax: 800-248-4724

 

SEX OFFENDERS

 

Title: Preventing Sexual Violence: How Society Should Cope With Sex Offenders
Media: 240-page book
Author: John Q. La Fond
Year and publisher: 2005 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: Criminal justice professionals, clinicians working with sexually violent offenders, and policy makers.
Focus: The author offers an analysis of state and community sex offender programs, discusses current approaches, identifies effective strategies, and exposes unsuccessful methods.
Available from: http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

 

Title: Preventing Pregnancy from Sexual Assault: Four Action Strategies to Improve Hospital Policies on Provision of Emergency Contraception
Media: 124-page document. Available in web-based format as a PDF from the website.
Authors: National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of NYS and Clara Bell Duval Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU of Pennsylvania
Year and publisher: 2003 by National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: A toolkit offering facts about emergency contraception and four strategies to increase access: legislation, administrative efforts, litigation and voluntary efforts.
Available from: http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/

 

Title: From Child Sexual Abuse to Adult Sexual Risk: Trauma, Revictimization, and Intervention
Media: 346-page book
Editors: Linda J. Koenig, Lynda S. Doll, Ann O'Leary, and Willo Pequegnat
Year and publisher: 2003 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Examines the relation between child sexual abuse and adult sexual health outcomes, such as unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and adult sexual violence.
Available from: http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

STALKING

 

Title: Stalking in Children and Adolescents: The Primitive Bond
Media: 298-page book
Author: Joseph T. McCann
Year and publisher: 2000 by American Psychological Association
Language: English
Target audience: Mental health professionals, attorneys, parents, and school officials.
Focus: Develops a theory linking stalking, obsessional harassment, developmental issues, and emotional states, and provides recommendations for case management, policy, and personal safety.
Available from: http://www.apa.org/books/
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500

 

STATISTICS

 

Title: The Epidemic of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse in the United States
Media: 336-page book
Authors: Dianne E.H. Russell and Rebecca M. Bolen
Year and publisher: 2000, Sage Publications
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: A book examining the varied and conflicting incidence and prevalence rates of rape and child sexual abuse in the United States.
Available from: http://www.sagepub.com/
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-9774 or 800-818-7243
Fax: 805-499-0871 or 800-583-2665

 

SURVIVORS

 

Title: The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-By-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Media: 190-page book
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis
Year and Publisher: 2003 by New Harbinger Publications
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: This handbook includes the development of a safety plan, support network, and strategies for self-care as it focuses on reclaiming one’s personal power, strength, and success.
Available from: www.newharbinger.com
New Harbinger
567 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: 800-748-6273
Fax: 510-652-5472

 

Title: Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape
Media: 288-page book
Author: Charlotte Pierce-Baker
Year and publisher: 2000 by W.W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: The experience of rape personally and socially as perceived by Black women.
Available from: http://www.wwnorton.com/
W.W. Norton & Company
Phone: 800-233-4830
Fax: 800-458-6515

 

Title: Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Journey for Women
Media: 264-page book
Author: Karen A. Duncan
Year and publisher: 2004 by Praeger Publishers
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: Provides guidance to recognizing traumatic effects of child sexual abuse and handling controversial issues of memories, disclosure, and reporting.
Available from: http://www.greenwood.com/
Phone: 800-225-5800
Fax: 603-431-2214

 

TREATMENT

 

Title: Even From A Broken Web: Brief, Respectful Solution-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse and Trauma
Media: 208-page book
Authors: William O’Hanlon and Bob Bertolino
Year and publisher: 2002 by W.W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Target audience: Clinicians working with sexual assault survivors.
Focus: Offers a forward-looking therapy that is described as less traumatic, painful, and disruptive, and honors a survivor’s inherent ability to heal.
Available from: http://www.wwnorton.com/
W.W. Norton & Company
Phone: 800-233-4830
Fax: 800-458-6515

 

UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS

 

LGBT

 

Title: Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving
Media: 227-page book
Author: Mattilda, aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore
Year and publisher: 2003 by Haworth Press
Language: English
Target audience: Therapists, caseworkers, cultural studies specialists, and anyone struggling to survive childhood abuse.
Focus: A book by queer survivors documenting the difficulties growing up in a culture that denies their gender, sexual, and social identities.
Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/
The Haworth Press Inc.
10 Alice St.
Binghamton, NY 13904
Phone: 800-429-6784
Fax: 800-895-0582 or 607-771-0012

 

Title: From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard
Media: 233-page book
Editors: Mary Swigonski, Robin S. Mama, and Kelly Ward
Year and publisher: 2001 by Haworth Press
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: A book that drags hidden homophobia out into the open and examines of the interconnections of prejudice and hate crimes in the lives of LGBT individuals.
Available from: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/
The Haworth Press Inc.
10 Alice St.
Binghamton, NY 13904
Phone: 800-429-6784
Fax: 800-895-0582 or 607-771-0012

 

REFUGEES

 

Title: Humanitarian Assistance: Protecting Refugee Women & Girls Remains a Significant Challenge
Media: Government Report, 58 pages
Authors: David Gootnick and Tetsuo Miyabara
Year and publisher: 2003 by DIANE Publishing Company
Language: English
Target audience: None provided.
Focus: This report assesses the actions of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and provides recommendations regarding the protection of women and children from sexual exploitation.
Available from: http://www.dianepublishingcentral.com/index.asp
D I A N E Publishing Company
PO Box 1428
Collingdale, PA 19023
Phone: 800-782-3833 or 610-461-6200
Fax: 610-461-6130

 

WOMEN OF COLOR

 

Title: No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse
Media: 304-page book
Author: Robin Stone
Year and Publisher: 2004 by Broadway Books
Language: English
Target audience: African-American survivors of sexual abuse.
Focus: Sexual abuse is addressed from the perspective of Black culture with advice from psychologists, social workers, spiritual leaders, and survivors.
Available from: www.amazon.com