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Judging Victims : Why We Stigmatize Survivors And How They Reclaim Respect
Paperback Edition: 1/2012
Why didn't she resist?" "Why is he telling us only now?" "Why can't she move on?" Unpacking the questions that cast victims as deviants, Jennifer Dunn critically examines why we stigmatize survivors of rape, battering, incest, and clergy abuse—and how they reclaim their identities.
Dunn explores
the shifting perceptions over time of victims as blameworthy, blameless, pathetic, or heroic figures. She also links those images to their real-world consequences, demonstrating that they dominate the ways in which people think about intimate violence and individual responsibility. Her analysis cuts to the core of fundamental issues at the center of debates about crime and deviance, victimization, and social problems.
Contents include: •Vocabularies of Victimization: Sympathy, Agency, and Identity; Survivor Movements Then and Now; The Anti-Rape Movement and Blameworthy Victims; The Battered Women's Movement and Blameless Victims; "Backlash" and Pathetic Victims; Survivors of Clergy Abuse and Admirable Victims; The Vanguard of Victimology: Survivors, Identity Work, and Cultural Change.
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Pages : 241
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Publication date : 2012-03
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, Politics, Social Services & Welfare, Criminology, Central Government Policies, Social Welfare & Social Services