Bibliography of Books and Film/Video Resources

Created 5/25/01 Last updated 5/25/01

Compiled by: Melissa Johnson, Research Technician at The University of Arizona,
Mel & Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health.

Before you use this resource:

• This list is provided for information purposes only. The University of Arizona does not specifically endorse any materials listed. Further, the University of Arizona does not own any of these works.
• The bibliography is a work in process, and will be updated periodically with new materials in new subject areas.
• If you have questions about where to locate any materials, or if you have suggestions for additional listings please leave a message in the site guest book. Your questions and all appropriate suggestions for additions will be included in a future update.
• This bibliography contains references to materials that deal with sexual violence. This is often a difficult topic to discuss and to learn about. We hope that each person who examines this list will be able to find something useful to them in their search for information or assistance.

Topics include:Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence, Acquaintance Rape, Stalking, Harassment, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Incest.

The list is arranged alphabetically according to subject. Within each subject there are books listed first, with films/videos listed toward the end. Many of the resources here were compiled from the internet, and may be located and purchased on the internet. Some of the places where these materials may be available (though I am not officially endorsing) are your local independent bookstore, Barnes & Noble or Borders bookstores, www.wmm.com, www.mediaed.org, www.docuseek.com, and your local public or academic libraries.

The books and films here are mainly recent publications (after 1990), with a few exceptions for classic materials. A few of the materials listed are geared toward professionals and academics, while most of the materials are suitable for the general public. I make no claim to have a complete list of all-inclusive subjects or materials, though I have attempted to be as diverse as possible, and am open to suggestions.

-Melissa Johnson

Acquaintance Rape

Acquaintance and Date Rape: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press, Connecticut, 1994.

Acquaintance Rape: The Hidden Crime; Parrot & Bechhofer (eds.), New York: Wiley, 1991

Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape; Parrot, A., The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999.

Date Rape: Feminism, Philosophy, and the Law, edited by Leslie Francis, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.

Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger; Levy, B. (ed.), Publishers Group West, 1998.

Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape, Sage Publications, 1995

I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape; Warshaw, Koss, Ms. Magazine/Sarah Lazin Books, 1988.

(Video) An Ordinary Rape; Isabelle Coulet, director, 1993. *Award-winning.

Focus: acquaintance rape, community responses.

(Video) Rape By Any Name; Angelique LaCour and Wade Hanks. Focus: acquaintance rape.

(Video) Date Rape: Behind Closed Doors, 1995.

(Video) When Date Becomes Rape, 1996.

Adolescent / High School

How Long Does It Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families; Cynthia Mather and Kristina Debye; Jossey-Bass, 1994

In Love and In Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships; Barrie Levy, Seal Press, 1998.

Sexual Abuse and Incest; Reinert, DR., Enslow, 1997. Focus: teens, young adults.

(Video) Date Rape Drugs: An Alert; 1999, NIMCO, Inc.

(Video) Watch What You Drink; 1997, NIMCO, Inc.

(Video) What Is Abuse?; 2000, NIMCO, Inc.

(Videos) What is Sexual Harassment / Victim or Harasser? / Avoiding Sexual Harassment; Answers for Sexual Harassment Video Series, Grades 5-9, NIMCO, Inc.

(Videos) The Abuse of Power / Preventing Sexual Harassment / Identifying & Preventing Sexual Harassment; Sexual Harassment Video Series, Grades 9-college, NIMCO, Inc.

Alcohol

Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus: Acquaintance Rape. A Guide for Program Coordinators, Finn P., Washington, DC; The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, 1995.

Athletes / Fraternities

Athletes and Acquaintance Rape; Benedict, J., Sage Publications, 1998.

Fraternities and Rape on Campus; Martin PY, Hummer RA; In: Bart PB, Moran EG (eds.), Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints. Sage Publications, Inc; 1993.

Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus; Sanday, PR., New York University Press, 1994.

Rape 101: Sexual Assault Prevention for College Athletes; Parrot, Cummings, & Marchell, Learning Publications, 1994.

Sexual Assault on the College Campus: the Role of Male Peer Support, Schwartz & DeKeseredy (eds.), Sage Publications, 1997.

Childhood Abuse / Incest

Female Sexual Abuse of Children; Elliot, M., The Guilford Press, 1994.

I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Bass, E., (ed.), Harper Trade, 1991.

The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest; Wisechild, L., Seal Press, 1993.

Rebuilding the Garden: Healing the Spiritual Wounds of Childhood Sexual Assault; McLaren, K., Laughing Tree Press, 1997.

Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners: Understanding Covert Incest; Adams, K., Health Communications, Inc., 1991.

(Video) The Children We Sacrifice; Grace Poore, director, 2000.

(Video) Sandra’s Garden; Bonnie Dickie, director, 1991.

(Video) Stories No One Wants to Hear; Mara Alper, director, 1993. Focus: Childhood sexual abuse, incest, female perpetrators.

(Video) Breaking Silence; Theresa Tollini, director. Focus: Childhood sexual abuse, incest.

Children’s and Young Adults’ books and media

• Fiction for Young Adults

• I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This; Woodson, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1994. Focus: incest, disclosure, grades 7+.
• I Was a Teenage Fairy; Block, FL., HarperCollins, 1998. Focus: healing from trauma.
• Laurie Tells; Lowery, Karpinski; Carolrhoda, 1994. Focus: young woman, disclosure of incest, sexual abuse.
• My Aunt is a Pilot Whale; Provoost, Bleumer; Women’s Press, 1994. Focus: incest. *Received national awards.
• Speak.; Anderson, LH., Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. Focus: rape.
• The Storm’s Crossing; Singer, Deaconess Press, 1993. Focus: ages 10-16, incest, healing.
• When She Hollers; Voigt, Scholastic, 1994. Focus: stepfather sexual abuse, disclosure, grades 7+.

• Fiction for Children

• The Right Touch: A Read-aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse; Kleven, Bergsma, Illumination Arts, 1998. Focus: ages 4-8, prevention.
• Something Happened and I’m Scared to Tell: A Book for Young Victims of Abuse; Kehoe, Deach, Parenting Press, 1987. Focus: ages 4-8, healing from sexual abuse, counseling.

• Non-Fiction for Children

• Child Abuse; Goldentyer, Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998. Focus: grades 3-6, recognizing abuse.
• My Body is Private; Girard, Pate, Whitman, 1984. Focus: grades K-3, mother-child conversation.
• Your Body Belongs to You!; Spelman, Weidner, Albert Whitman Co., 1997. Focus: grades preschool – 2, what to do and say when touching feels wrong.

College

Avoiding Rape On and Off Campus, Carol Pritchard, State College Publishing Co., 1985.

The Sexual Victimization of College Women; NIJ Research Report, Washington, DC, National Institute of Justice.

(Video) Rape Under the Influence: Sexual Assault on Campus; 2000, NIMCO, Inc.

Community / Societal Attitudes & Responses

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action; NCIPC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Guidebook for Communities Responding to Sexual Assault; DIANE Publishing Co., 1995.

The Rape Victim: Clinical and Community Interventions; Koss & Harvey; Sage Publications, 1991.

The Trouble with Blame: Victims, Perpetrators, and Responsibility; Lamb, S., Harvard University Press, 1999.

Transforming a Rape Culture; Fletcher, Buchwald, Roth, (eds.), Milkweed Editions, 1994.

Curriculum

Adolescent Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention Curriculum; Fink, M., Learning Publications, 1995.

Dating: Peer Education Manual for Reducing Sexual Harassment and Violence Among Secondary Students; Simon & Golden, Learning Publications, 1996.

Flirting or Hurting: A Teacher’s Guide on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment in Schools (grades 6 – 12); Stein & Sjostrom, NEA Professional Library, 1994.

Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault: A Guide to Training Materials and Programs for Health Care Providers; Osattin & Short, NCIPC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998.

Sexual Violence in Teenage Lives: A Prevention Curriculum; Cyprian, McLaughlin, Quint, Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New England, 1995.

Harassment

Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Resource Manual; Barickman & Paludi, State University of New York Press, 1992.

Confronting Sexual Harassment: What Schools and Colleges Can Do; Brandenburg, JB., Teachers College Press, 1997.

Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime: A Guide for Schools; Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights and the National Association of Attorneys General, 1999.

Sexual Harassment: A Practical Guide to the Law, Your Rights, and Your Options for Taking Action; O’Shea & LaLonde, St. Martin’s Press, Inc., 1998.

Sexual Harassment: “This Doesn’t Feel Right!”; Havelin, K., Capstone Press, 2000. Focus: 4th – 6th graders.

Sexual Harassment, Work, and Education: A Resource Manual for Prevention; Paludi & Barickman, Cornell University Press Services, 1998.

(Video) After Hours; Jane Campion, director, 1984. *Academy-Award winning director.

Legal Responses

Classrooms & Courtrooms: Facing Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools; Stein, N., Teachers College Press, 1999.

The Legal Response to Violence Against Women; Maschke, KJ. (edt.), Garland Pub., 1997.

Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom; Taslitz, A., New York University Press, 1999.

Sexual Assault: The Medical-Legal Examination; Crowley, S., Appleton & Lange, 1999.

Male-Female Relationships

(Video) Finding Common Ground: Gender Communication; (grades 9 – adult) NIMCO, Inc. 800-962-6662

Male Rape

Everything You Need to Know when You Are the Male Survivor of Rape or Sexual Assault; La Valle, J., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 1995.

Speaking Our Truth: Voices of Courage and Healing for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Neal King, Harper Collins, 1995

Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse; Mike Lew; Harper & Row, 1990

Wounded Boys, Heroic Men: A Man’s Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse, Daniel Jay Sonkin, Longmeadow Press, 1992.

Marital Rape

License to Rape: Sexual abuse of wives. Finkelhor, D. & Yllo, K. (1985). New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Rape in marriage. Russell, D.E.H., Indiana University Press, 1990.

Wife Rape: Understanding the response of survivors and service providers. Bergen, R. K. (1996). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Media and Representation

News Coverage of Violence Against Women; Meyers, M., Sage Publications, 1997.

Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence; Cuklanz, L., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.

(Video) The Date Rape Backlash: the media and the denial of rape. The Media Education Foundation, 1994

(Video) Dreamworlds II: Desire, Sex, Power in Music Video; Media Education Foundation, 1995.

(Video) Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity; Media Education Foundation, 1998 (?).

Myths / Stereotypes

A Woman Scorned: Acquaintance Rape on Trial; Sanday, PR, University of California Press, 1997.

Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence; Miedzian, M., Doubleday, 1992.

Debating Sexual Correctness: Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Date Rape, and the Politics of Sexual Equality; Stan, AM. (edt.); Dell, 1995.

Rethinking Violence Against Women; Dobash & Dobash, (eds.), Sage Publications, 1998.

Parents, Friends, Families, Partners of Survivors/Secondary Victimization

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child; Davis, L., HarperTrade, 1991.

How Long Does It Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families; Mather & Debye; Jossey-Bass, 1994

Outgrowing the Pain Together: A Book for Spouses and Partners of Adults Abused as Children; Eliana, G., Dell Publishing, 1992.

Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault for Women, Men, Teenagers, and Their Friends and Families, Benedict, H., 1985, Doubleday and Co., Inc.

What Parents Need to Know About Dating Violence; Levy & Giggans, Seal Press, 1995.

When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent’s Guide to Healing and Recovery; Case & Hagans, Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1998.

Perpetration

Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape; Russell, D., Sage Publications, 1998.

From Victim to Offender: How Child Sexual Abuse Victims Become Offenders; Briggs, FI., Allen & Unwin, 1995.

The Incest Perpetrator: A Family Member No One Wants to Treat; Horton, 1990.

No Safe Haven: Male Violence Against Women at Home, at Work, and in the Community; Koss, Fitzgerald, Browne, Russo, Keita, Goodman; American Psychological Association, 1996.

Prevalence

Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, Tjaden, Patricia & Thoennes, Nancy, NIJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, November, 1998.

Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, Research Report, Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, NIJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIJ 181867) July, 2000.

Prevention

Back Off! How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers; Langelan, MJ., Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Before College Book for Women: Protecting Yourself from Campus Crime; Donna Betancourt, 1993.

A Better Safe Than Sorry Book: A Family Guide for Sexual Assault Prevention; Gorden & Gorden, Illustrated by Cohen, V., Prometheus Books, 1992. Focus: ages 5-8.

The Date Rape Prevention Book: The Essential Guide for Girls and Women; Lindquist, S., Sourcebooks, Inc., 1999.

Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures: Treatment and Prevention, edited by Fontes, L. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Rape crisis centers

To find the location and contact information for any rape crisis center in the United States, go to the RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) website at http://www.rainn.org/counseling.html, or call 1-800-656-4673 (H-O-P-E).

Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse: A National Directory of Victim/Survivor Services and Prevention Programs; Oryx Press, 1989.

Sexual and Physical Health

The ‘Go Ask Alice’ Book of Answers: A Guide to Good Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Health, Owl Books, 1998. Focus: young adult.

Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century: A Book By and For Women; Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders; Schwartz & Cohn, Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 1996.

The Survivors Guide to Great Sex: How to Have a Great Sex Life After Child Sexual Abuse; Haines, S., Cleis Press, 1999. *recommended by Ellen Bass.

Women Who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding; Miller, D., Basic Books, 1995. Focus: self-mutilation, eating disorders, and childhood sexual trauma.

Stalking

Stalking: A Handbook for Victims; Spence-Diel, E., Learning Publications, 1998.

Surviving a Stalker: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe; Gross, Linda., Marlowe & Co., 2000.

Statistics

Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey; Tjaden & Thoennes, NIJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998. (also listed in the online article abstracts)

Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, Research Report, Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, NIJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIJ 181867) July, 2000. (also listed in the online article abstracts)

American Indians and Crime, Greenfelt & Smith, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice, Department of Justice, February 1999. NCJ173386.

Child Maltreatment 1998: Reports from the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000). Online statistical fact sheets: www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/index.cfm

Survivors

Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape; Brownmiller, S., NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975.

Coping with Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding; Jon Allen; American Psychiatric Press Inc, 1995

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Ellen Bass and Laura Davis; Harper Collins, 1992

Everything You Need to Know About Dealing with Sexual Assault; Kaminker, L., The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999. Focus: myths & facts, effects, prevention, options for taking action.

Everything You Need to Know About Healing from Rape Trauma; Coppin, CB., Rosen Publishing Group, 2000.

From Victim to Survivor: Woman Survivors of Female Perpetrators; Whetsell-Mitchell, J., 1997.

I Can’t Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors; Aphrodite Matsakis; New Harbinger Publications, 1996

I Never Called It Rape. Warshaw & Koss; Ms. Foundation/Sarah Lazin Books, Harper & Row, 1988.

Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape, Sage Publications, 1995

Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault for Women, Men, Teenagers, and Their Friends and Families by Helen Benedict, 1985, Doubleday and Co., Inc.

(Video) Surviving Rape; Angelique LaCour, director. Focus: healing from sexual assault.

Treatment

Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures: Treatment and Prevention, edited by Fontes, L. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Under-represented Populations

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT)

• Lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual (lgtb) domestic violence in 1999: A report of the national coalition of anti-violence programs. Baum, R. New York: National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 2000.
• Loving in Fear: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse; Edited by Queer Press Collective; Queer Press, 1991
• Sexual Assault in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities; Lev & Lev; In: A Professional’s Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence: Understanding Practice Interventions.; McClennen & Gunther (eds.), Edwin Mellen, 1999.
• (Video) The Brandon Teena Story, directed by S. Muska & G. Olafsdottir, documentary, 1998.
• (Video) Boys Don’t Cry, directed by K. Peirce, 1999. Focus: drama based on story of Brandon Teena murder.

• Disabled Persons

• The Sexual Assault Survivor’s Handbook for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Advocates; Baladerian, N.; R&E Publishers, Inc., 1991.
• Strengthening the Links, Stopping Violence: A Guide to the Issue of Violence Against Women with Disabilities; Cusitar, L.., 1994; Toronto: DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN).
• We Are Those Women: A Training Manual for Working with Women with Disabilities in Shelters and Sexual Assault Centres, Eastcott, DR, 1992; DisAbled Women’s Network, Toronto, Ontario.

• Women of color / International Women

• Freedom From Violence: Women’s Strategies From Around the World; Schuler, M., (edt.), UNICEF, 1992.
• Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to Racism; Davis, AY., Kitchen Table/ Women of Color Press, 1988.
• Violence Against Women as Bias Motivated Hate Crime: Defining the Issues; Copeland, L.; Center for Women Policy Studies, 1991.
• Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest; Melba Wilson; Seal Press, 1994
• Surviving the Silence: Black Women’s Stories of Rape; Pierce-Baker, C., Norton, W.W. & Co., Inc., 2000.
• Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women, Walker, A. & Parmar, P., DIANE Publishing, 1998.
• Embodied Violence: Communalising Women’s Sexuality in South Asia; Jayawardena & De Alwis, St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
• Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States; Abraham, M., Rutgers University Press, 2000.
• Aboriginal Women Speak Out, Silman, J., 1987; Toronto: Women’s Press.
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• I Am the Fire of Time, The Voices of Native American Women, Katz, JB. (edt.), New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977.
• "Native American Survivors," Gonzales, J., In: Support for Survivors Manual, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1999 p. 257-259.
• Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today, Schneider, SW; New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.
• (Video) Calling the Ghosts: A Story about Rape, War and Women; Julia Ormond, Executive Producer; Directed by Mandy Jacobson and Karen Jelincic, 1996. Women Make Movies. *Cable Ace Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner.
• (Video) The Confrontation: Latinas Fight Back Against Rape; Anne Irving, director, 1983.
• (Video) Terra Nullius; Anne Pratten, director, 1992. Women Make Movies. Focus: Australian Aborigines, child abuse.
• (Video) Warrior Marks, directed by Pratibha Parmar, 1993, Women Make Movies. Focus: female genital mutilation.
• (Video) Waking Up to Rape, directed by Meri Weingarten, 1985, Women Make Movies. Focus: black, chicana, white rape victims, societal attitudes, justice.
• (Video) The Children We Sacrifice, directed by Grace Poore, 2000, Women Make Movies. Focus: sexual abuse of south asian girls.