Status
Available
Publication
Macmillan Pub Co (1982), Hardcover, 412 pages
Description
"This is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of sexual assault and family violence." -- Susan Brownmiller "[Russell] has done a superb study which yields comprehensive and undeniable findings about a subject no one had even whispered about before... a classic work." -- Phyllis Chesler One out of seven American women who have ever been married has been raped by a husband or ex-husband. Written by the principal investigator for the National Institute of Mental Health study that discovered this shocking statistic, this book is a monumental, eye-opening work that dispels misinformation and illusions about a previously ignored aspect of family violence.
Subjects
Language
Original publication date
1982
Physical description
412 p.; 9.2 inches
ISBN
0026061902 / 9780026061902
Local notes
violence/crime