Handbook on Sexual Violence

From rape law in medieval society to online sexual solicitation of young people, this compilation of 22 chapters provides a holistic perspective on the historical, legal/criminal justice, sociocultural, scientific/medical, and symbolic/literary contexts of sexual violence. From the departure point of Liz Kelly's concept of the "continuum of sexual violence" introduced in Surviving Sexual Violence, 1987, Brown (visiting professor, criminal justice, London School of Economics) and Walklate (sociology, U. of Liverpool) introduce theoretical, empirical, investigative and practitioner approaches to this high incidence problem reflecting issues of gender inequality and oppression. The volume includes statistics, supporting figures and tables, further chapter reading and a glossary. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jennifer Brown is currently visiting professor at the London School of Economics’ Mannheim Centre for Criminal Justice. Prior to that she ran the Crime and Justice @ Surrey. From 2005 to 2008 she was Head of the Psychology Department. From 1995-1996 she was a Principal Lecturer, Institute of Police and Criminological Studies, University of Portsmouth responsible for several modules on the masters programme taught by distance learning. For the period 1987-1995 she held the post of Research Manager for the Hampshire Constabulary.

Sandra Walklate is currently Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool having held posts previously at Manchester Metropolitan University, Keele University, Salford University and Liverpool John Moores. She has written extensively on criminal victimisation and throughout her career has worked with a number of police forces and victim support organisations both as a volunteer and in a training capacity.