Stopping Rape - rereleased as open access ebook!

The book Stopping Rape: Towards a Comprehensive Policy, first published in 2015, has been relaunched today as an Open Access eBook and can be read for free here: www.oapen.org/record/648060

Published by Policy Press, the study by Sylvia Walby, Philippa Olive, Jude Towers, Brian Francis, Sofia Strid, Andrea Krizsan, Emanuela Lombardo, Corinne May-Chahal, Suzanne Franzway, David Sugarman, Bina Agarwal, and Jo Armstrong is a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape, together with case study examples on how they work.

Abstract

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape, together with case studies on their effectiveness in practice. Engaging with the legal and criminal justice systems, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural outreach, and more, it brings together both theory and real-world evidence to build a thorough picture of worldwide efforts to fight rape in all its contexts.