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Book Author: Dr Jan Jordan Associate, Professor Institute of Criminology,
School of Social and Cultural Studies, Victoria University of
Wellington, N.Z.
This book tells the story of fifteen women who survived a
sexual assault, all of them attacked by the same serial rapist. It tells the
story of their survival, and is based on extensive interviews with
the fifteen women. The
interviews illustrate how each stage of the process following the attack
became an exercise in survival – surviving the assault, managing police
interviewing, surviving and coping with going to court, surviving all the
many impacts on their lives, and also managing how those close to them were
affected. The
picture that emerges demonstrates that surviving rape is not a one-off event
but a continual process. The different procedures and aspects each pose their
own challenges as the victims/survivors manage the various and on-going
intrusions and encounters that follow in the aftermath of rape. This
book presents their stories – the losses and the triumphs, the battles and
the victories. Their accounts make both their fear and courage palpable. They
demonstrate the many diverse ways in which a sexual attack can impact, not
only on the woman herself but on her partner, parents, children, friends,
neighbours – all of us. For when one woman is raped, a whole community hurts.
That is why we need to understand so much more deeply the impacts of rape,
and why we must do all we can to minimise its occurrence. CONTENTS
Acknowledgements The women Surviving the attack Appendix
1 – Writing this book |
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