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Shattering silences, strategies to prevent sexual assault, heal survivors, and bring assailants to justice, Christopher Johnston

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index

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non fiction

Shattering silences

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974699948

Christopher Johnston

strategies to prevent sexual assault, heal survivors, and bring assailants to justice

An in-depth look at revolutionary new ways to handle sexual assaults. Every two minutes someone in the US is sexually assaulted, and each year there are nearly 300,000 victims of sexual assault. But victims are no longer silent, and new practices by police, prosecutors, nurses, and rape crisis professionals are resulting in more humane and compassionate treatment of victims and more aggressive pursuit and prosecution of perpetrators. Shattering Silences is the first book to cover these new approaches and partnerships. Christopher Johnston shows how the people and organizations implementing these new approaches are having far-reaching impacts on helping victims heal and making it more likely that predators will be arrested and sentenced. His in-depth portrayals of the altruistic and hard-working people behind these radical approaches—based on seven years of interviews—provide a template of best practices for other organizations and communities to follow. With sexual assault taking center stage these days, Shattering Silences is more important than ever. -- Provided by publisherEach year in the United States nearly three hundred thousand people are sexually assaulted. New practices by police, prosecutors, nurses, and rape crisis professionals are resulting in more humane and compassionate treatment of victims, and more aggressive pursuit and prosecution of persecutors. Based on seven years of in-depth interviews in Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis and other cities, Johnston presents the people behind these new approaches and provides a template for organizations and communities to follow

Introduction: An end to the dark ages : giving voice to survivors -- Part 1: What Cleveland has learned -- Abandoned evidence : Shondreka Lloyd's case, part 1 -- The rock : Kirsti Mouncey and the Cleveland Rape-Crisis Center -- The healers : Elizabeth Booth, RN, SANE-A, and sexual assault nurse examiners -- The enlightened leader : Commander James McPike and the CPD Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit -- The past is the future : Richard Bell and the Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Kit Task Force -- The science of DNA profiles for CODIS: Lewis Maddox and the Richfield OBCI laboratory -- The research partner : Rachel Lovell disseminates best practices for the future -- Reclaimed evidence : Shondreka Lloyd, part 2 -- Part 2: Detroit digs out from a pile of darkness -- The enforcer : Kym Worthy and the decision -- Coalescing forces : the fall 2016 SAK Task Force summit with Cleveland and Memphis -- The scientist-researcher : Rebecca Campbell's psychological paradigm shift -- The investigator : Mark Farrah and the Wayne County SAK Task Force -- The Motor City healers : Kim Hurst and Wayne County SAFE -- Part 3: Individual change makers -- Marathon women : Liz Ferro and Girls With Sole -- Marathon man : Mike Pistorino shatters the silence of child sexual abuse -- Part 4: Learning from mistakes -- Triumphs and tribulations in Memphis and other cities -- Part 5: What's next? -- The pillars of rape kit reform : Ilse Knecht and the Joyful Heart Foundation -- Epilogue: The sexual assault paradigm shift of 2017

Strategies to prevent sexual assault, heal survivors, and bring assailants to justice