§16§§This timely handbook provides in-depth overviews of the myriad and multi-faceted issues surrounding sexual assault and its pervasiveness in today's culture. Drawing for multiple viewpoints and experts, the book is divided into seven comprehensive sections, covering such topics as risk factors, varying theoretical frameworks, prevention and intervention, and special populations. Within these sections the authors provide historical background as well as the latest research, and offer treatment outcomes and potentials.Selected topics covered in this book include:§§§Feminist theories of sexual assaultSocial and economic factors surrounding sexual violenceMental, physiological, physical, and functional health concerns of victims, including PTSDMajor categories of sexual offendersTreatment of sexual assault survivors in the LGBTQ+ communityProcedural processes related to sexual assault investigation and adjudication within thecriminal justice system §§§§§§ §16§§§§§§§§The Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention is a vital book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of students, researchers, practitioners, and clinicians in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, community mental health, and sociology.§§§ §02§§ William O'Donohue, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is a licensed psychologist in Nevada and Director of the Victims of Crime Treatment Center that provides free treatment to child and adult victims of sexual assault. He has published over 80 books and 300 journal articles and chapters. § § Paul Schewe, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice in the College of LAS at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has served as the director of UIC's Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence. He is a clinical/community psychologist whose work ranges from basic research identifying factors associated with the perpetration of interpersonal violence, to developing preventive interventions, to using evaluation and dissemination strategies to further develop existing violence prevention programs for agencies, communities, and statewide netwo §02§rks of service providers. The focus of his research includes sexual assault, teen dating violence, domestic violence, and early childhood interventions to promote positive social-emotional development.§ § §04§Victimization among Sexual and Ethnic Minority Women: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice.- Chapter 41: Homelessness and Sexual Assault.- Chapter 42: Military Sexual Assault.- Chapter 43: The Prison Rape Elimination Act: The Development of a Social Problem and Response to the Problem?.- Chapter 44: Sexual Assault and Intercollegiate Athletes.- Chapter 45: Exhibitionism.- Chapter 46: Sexual Assault and Female Gang Involvement: A Look at Risk Amplification and Prevention.- Chapter 47: Consistency of Offender Behaviors and Victim Targeting in Serial Sexual Violence: An Overview of the Field.- Chapter 48: Intimate Partner Sexual Violence and Gender Asymmetry.- Chapter 49: Exploring the Relationship between Intimate Partner Sexual Assault, Severe Abuse, and Coercive Control.§
