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Article: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION: A Handbook.(Review)
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- Journal of Comparative Family Studies
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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R. SOORYAMOORTHY [*]
PALUDI, Michele Antoinette, ed., THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION: A Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999,272 pp., $69.50 hardcover.
This book, which substantial research input, presents very important realms of sexual victimization in the US, namely, the family dating and marital relationships and educational and work settings. Divided into six broad parts, it also focuses upon the legal responses, and resources on the theme for teaching, research and advocacy.
The opening chapter looks into the personality and behavioural characteristics of adult incest survivors who are then compared to those women who did ...