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Revealing Rape’s Many Voices

Differing Roles, Reactions and Reflections

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Proposes a paradigm shift for inculcating policy reform

  • Listens to experiential voices of complainant/witnesses

  • Is of interest to those involved in the policy, practice, and delivery of criminal justice

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Multi Perspectives on Rape

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 3-28
    3. Hearing and Listening

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 29-50
  3. The Primary Voices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. The Complainant/Witness

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 53-82
    3. The Suspect/Accused

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 83-103
  4. Criminal Justice System Voices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. The Police

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 107-136
    3. The Lawyers

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 137-162
    4. Judge and Jurors

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 163-184
  5. The Supporting Voices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
    2. Supporters and Advocates

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 187-210
    3. Partners, Parents, Family and Friends

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 211-232
  6. The Aftermath

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
    2. The Victims/Survivors

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 235-255
    3. The Offender/Acquitted

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 257-282
    4. Reflections

      • Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole
      Pages 283-309
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 311-323

About this book

By extending the cast list of roles implicated in rape’s hidden sphere of harm, this book attentively listens to experiential voices of complainant/witnesses, suspect/accused, police, lawyers, judges and jurors, therapists, advocates, partners, parents, family and friends during the criminal justice journey. Highlighting good and bad practices, it proposes a paradigm shift for inculcating policy reform, arguing the case for implementation science as a framework for embedding change. The book will be of interest to those involved in the policy, practice and delivery of criminal justice, the support and voluntary sector as well as giving valuable insight to students of forensic and investigative psychology, criminology, law, social policy, gender studies the new policing apprenticeship degree programmes.


Keywords

  • forensic psychology
  • gendered violence
  • victims
  • victim blame
  • psychology theory
  • social policy
  • Harvey Weinstein
  • MeToo
  • investigative psychology
  • rape justice

Reviews

“A distinctive feature of the book is the prominence given to the voices of different participants, illustrated with telling vignettes appearing in boxes throughout the text, providing a powerful complement to the findings of orthodox research. … For many readers, the core of the book will lie in the chapters devoted to the role of the police and the courts. … This book describes the flurry of acronym-rich initiatives by different agencies designed to fill this gap … .” (Graham M. Davies, Policing, Vol. 17, 2023)

“This book gives voice not only to rape survivors but also to the perspectives of the many ‘others’— both inside and outside the criminal justice system. The concept of ‘the rape sphere’ presents an important contribution in providing a framework to unpack the complex, overlapping, and wide-reaching impacts resulting from a rape.”

-Debra Langan, Associate Professor of Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

“Rape is like a grenade. The shrapnel hits everybody, exploding in the family home, friendship groups, work colleagues, neighbours, even the neighbourhood itself. I feel this book goes a long way to explaining the issues faced and how professionals can help deal with them.”

-Martyn Underhill MBE, Retired Detective Chief Inspector, and Police and Crime Commissioner, 2012-21, Dorset, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political, London, UK

    Jennifer Brown

  • Department of Psychology, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK

    Yvonne Shell

  • Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

    Terri Cole

About the authors

Jennifer Brown is a visiting professor at the Mannheim Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She recently co-edited a second edition of Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking (Routledge).

Yvonne Shell is dually qualified as Registered Clinical and Forensic Practitioner Psychologist and Chartered Psychologist specialising in assessment and treatment of forensic clients.

Terri Cole, formerly a behavioural investigative adviser, is currently the Principal Academic in Investigative Psychology at Bournemouth University, UK




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Revealing Rape’s Many Voices

  • Book Subtitle: Differing Roles, Reactions and Reflections

  • Authors: Jennifer Brown, Yvonne Shell, Terri Cole

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28616-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28615-5Published: 23 May 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28618-6Due: 06 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28616-2Published: 22 May 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 323

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Criminal Behavior, Victimology, Critical Criminology, Forensic Psychology, Social Policy, Social Policy

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eBook USD 99.00
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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