Sexual Assault and Harassment in America

<b>This wide-ranging resource uses evidence-based documentation to examine claims and beliefs-and provide the facts-about sexual assault and harassment and other forms of sexual violence in the United States.</b><br/><br/>Each title in the <b>Contemporary Debates</b>series examines the veracity of controversial claims or beliefs surrounding a major political/cultural issue in the United States. They do so to give readers a clear and unbiased understanding of current issues by informing them about falsehoods half-truths and misconceptions-and confirming the factual validity of other assertions-that have gained traction in AmericA's political and cultural discourse. Ultimately this series has been crafted to give readers the tools for a fuller understanding of issues events policies and laws that occupy center stage in American life and politics.<br/><br/>This volume in the series addresses the issue of sexual violence in the U.S. It includes chapters devoted to quantifying the extent of the problems of sexual assault and harassment; demographic groups most likely to experience sexual violence; physical emotional and societal impacts of sexual assault; how investigations of sex-related charges are conducted; laws and policies pertaining to both victims and offenders; and sexual violence prevention and response services outside of the criminal justice system.