Voices of the Survivors

TITLE......Page 7
COPYRIGHT......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 11
1 OUT OF THE SHADOWS......Page 13
WHAT IS RAPE?......Page 14
WHO IS THE RAPIST?......Page 16
IMPACT ON THE VICTIM......Page 18
HIGH INCIDENCE AND HIGH UNDER-REPORTING......Page 19
REASONS FOR NON-REPORTING......Page 20
A NATIONAL SURVEY......Page 22
THE VOICES......Page 23
TWO POSTSCRIPTS......Page 26
FATHERS......Page 30
STEPFATHERS......Page 32
MALE VICTIMS......Page 34
THE EFFECTS OF INCEST......Page 36
THE CYCLE OF ABUSE......Page 39
NO MEMORIES......Page 41
RELATIONSHIP AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS......Page 43
WHY THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE OR REPORT......Page 45
THOSE WHO DID NOT BELIEVE......Page 49
THOSE WHO ALLOWED IT......Page 50
THE RESPONSE OF NON-FAMILY......Page 51
RESPONSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM......Page 52
HEALING......Page 56
PREVENTION SUGGESTIONS FROM THE SURVIVORS......Page 57
3 HUSBANDS......Page 64
OTHER VIOLENCE IN THE MARRIAGE......Page 65
LOW LEVELS OF REPORTING......Page 68
THE POLICE......Page 75
PREGNANCY......Page 77
EFFECTS OF THE RAPES......Page 78
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SURVIVORS......Page 80
4 ESTRANGED PARTNERS......Page 85
OTHER FORMS OF COERCION......Page 88
EFFECTS OF THE RAPE......Page 89
DISCLOSING......Page 91
ON TO THE COURTS......Page 92
THOSE WHO DID NOT GO TO THE POLICE......Page 93
SUGGESTIONS......Page 94
OTHER VIOLENCE......Page 96
SELF-DOUBT–WAS IT RAPE?......Page 97
KEEPING THE SECRET......Page 100
DISCLOSURE......Page 102
NOT REPORTING TO THE POLICE......Page 103
RESPONSE OF THE POLICE......Page 107
EFFECTS OF THE RAPE......Page 111
HEALING......Page 115
SUGGESTIONS FROM SURVIVORS......Page 118
CHILDREN......Page 127
SELF-DOUBT AND SHAME......Page 130
ALCOHOL......Page 132
SILENCE......Page 133
RESPONSE OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OTHERS......Page 135
NOT REPORTING TO POLICE......Page 137
RESPONSE OF THE POLICE......Page 140
EFFECTS......Page 142
HEALING......Page 144
SUGGESTIONS FROM SURVIVORS......Page 147
7 BOSSES, DOCTORS, PRIESTS AND OTHERS......Page 151
DOCTORS......Page 152
'MEN OF THE CLOTH'......Page 155
BABY-SITTER......Page 156
TEACHER......Page 157
EMPLOYERS......Page 158
NEIGHBOURS......Page 162
OTHER: MASSEUSE......Page 163
OTHER: CLIENT......Page 166
WHY 'OTHERS'......Page 167
LOCATION......Page 169
MALE VICTIMS......Page 171
CHILDREN AS THE VICTIMS......Page 172
PACK RAPE......Page 174
THE EFFECTS OF THE RAPE......Page 176
THEY DID NOT TELL......Page 180
DID NOT REPORT TO THE POLICE......Page 181
RESPONSE OF THOSE THEY TOLD......Page 183
RESPONSE OF THE POLICE......Page 185
THE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE......Page 191
RESPONSE OF THE COURTS......Page 192
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE SURVIVORS......Page 196
STRANGER DANGER PROTECTION......Page 201
THE INDIVIDUALS' RECOVERY......Page 203
DON'T TRUST......Page 205
DON'T FEEL......Page 206
THE LAWS AND THE COURTS......Page 210
POLICE......Page 214
CHANGING SOCIAL ATTITUDES......Page 216
LAST WORDS......Page 218
REFERENCES, FURTHER READINGS & INFORMATION......Page 221
APPENDIX I......Page 234
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY......Page 249
NEW SOUTH WALES......Page 251
SOUTHERN METROPOLITAL REGION......Page 252
WESTERN METROPOLITAN REGION......Page 253
CENTRAL COAST......Page 255
ILLAWARRA REGION......Page 256
CENTRAL WEST......Page 257
ORANA AND FAR WEST REGION......Page 258
NORTH COAST......Page 259
NORTHERN TERRITORY......Page 260
QUEENSLAND......Page 261
SOUTH AUSTRALIA......Page 264
TASMANIA......Page 265
NORTH-WESTERN REGION......Page 266
NORTHERN REGION......Page 267
VICTORIA......Page 268
WESTERN AUSTRALIA......Page 272