NCJ Number
173890
Editor(s)
M D Schwartz
Date Published
1997
Length
239 pages
Annotation
These 13 papers present an overview of research on sexual assault against women, with emphasis on research on date rape on college campuses, the emotional aspects of conducting research on violence against women, and the issues and problems involved in conducting such research.
Abstract
Individual papers summarize the most current data on data rape on college campuses, explain the rationale for longitudinal rather than cross-sectional research, discuss the Canadian national survey, examine the psychological impacts of date rape, and describe the factors that influence women to report their experiences as rape. Additional papers analyze the problem of simultaneously being both a committed activist and a careful research scientist, discuss the emotions of a researcher studying telephone sex fantasy workers, and describe the experience of being sexually harassed by research participants. Further papers focus on participatory research to study lesbian battering, feminist research on violence against prostitutes, the importance of training rather than gender in research on campus sexual assaults, and research on violence against minority women. Notes, index, and approximately 400 references