Secret Trauma

by Diana E.H. Russell

Book Overview

The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In her nuanced and sophisticated analysis, Russell carefully explores the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time, the severity of th abuse, the victim's age, factors of class, race, and ethnicity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465075959
• ISBN13: 9780465075959
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Classic!

Since first published in 1986, this work has been the most representative social survey on experience of sexual violence. It is a classic! Russell describes her monumental study in five parts: study, problem, victims, perpetrators, and families, which involves all the relevant aspects. And each section is rich with case examples and very readable. What fascinates me most is the way she approaches these individuals. This should be a reference for all of those working with violence survivors.Though method of analysis seems a bit out-dated after 15 years, but that is what you expect in classics. Likewise introduction for 1999 edition is not at all concise. You don't need all the details of what happened since the first edition. Because the classic remains the same regardless of time.