The Violence of Care

The Violence of Care
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9781479867219
ISBN-13 : 1479867217
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Book Synopsis The Violence of Care by : Sameena Mulla

Download or read book The Violence of Care written by Sameena Mulla and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year in the U.S., thousands of women and hundreds of men participate in sexual assault forensic examinations. Sameena Mulla reveals the realities of sexual assault response in the forensic age. She analyzes the ways in which nurses work to collect and preserve evidence while addressing the needs of sexual assault victims as patients.Mulla argues that blending the work of care and forensic investigation into a single intervention shapes how victims of violence understand their own suffering, recovery, and access to justice-in short, what it means to be a "victim".


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