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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Rape crisis"”.
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Learning From Rape Crisis Volunteers: Remembering The Past, Envisioning The Future
While research on sexual violence, rape crisis centres and volunteers is extensive, there are very few empirical studies that draw specifically on the experiences of rape crisis volunteers. Instead, most of the literature pertaining to rape crisis work focuses on the efforts of social workers or …
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Vicarious resilience among employees and volunteers at a rape crisis center
… and wellness of sexual assault trauma workers at rape crisis centers (RCCs). The primary goal of the study was to explore the predictive nature of intrapersonal and interpersonal and organizational factors for vicarious resilience among trauma workers at a RCC. A targeted cross-sectional research …
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A Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust counselling skills course :a qualitative evaluation
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust is an organisation that trains and supervises a team of women counsellors who provide a counselling service to women rape survivors. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of the counsellors and the counselling co-ordinator regarding their perceptions on …
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Rape crisis counsellors' experiences of working with rape survivors in Cape Town
… documents the clinical knowledges gained by Rape Crisis counsellors working with rape survivors in Cape Town. It includes a description of the demographic profile of their clients, the rape experiences that their clients report, the psychological difficulties that clients present with, the …
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The evolution of feminist politics: the life and times of a rape crisis organisation
The Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust (RCCTT) was established in 1976 at a time when South Africa experienced extensive turmoil, and the country was under heavy military rule. This study critically examines the evolution of feminist politics within Rape Crisis (RC) from the 1970s to the present day …
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Effects of Perceived Costs and Rewards on Motivation and Retention of Rape Crisis Center Volunteers
… study was to obtain information that may assist Rape Crisis Center (RCC) volunteer coordinators and executive directors in the recruitment and retention of volunteers. The major hypotheses guiding this study are as follows: (a) the reasons that initially motivated volunteers to volunteer at the …
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"Our approach is feminist" : feminist action transcending feminist narratives at Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
… issues South African feminists seek to address, Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust was used as a case study. Formed in 1976, it provides support for rape survivors and runs public education programmes on issues around gender-based violence. Using Helene Joffe's model of cross-cultural analysis, the …
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An evaluation of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust's Birds and Bees peer education programme in Khayalitsha
… a theory, process and outcome evaluation of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust's (RCCTT) Birds and Bees programme. The Birds and Bees is a peer education programme that aims to create safer schools by decreasing incidents of sexual violence in schools and increasing the reporting of sexual violence. …
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An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work
… and coping amongst volunteer counsellors in a Rape Crisis organisation in the context of their counselling work. The literature on vicarious traumatization provides a basis for understanding that trauma counselling can be stressful for counsellors. The study draws on a theoretical base which …
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Selves colliding with structure : the discursive construction of change and non-change in narrative of rape crisis volunteers
… in the narratives of women volunteering at a Rape Crisis (henceforth RC) centre). Of key interest within the study are the dilemmas and negotiations triggered when selves collide with new structures (and alongside this 'new' or alternative discourses and discursive subject positions). …
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An assessment of how well social movement theory explains the emergence and development of Rape Crisis Cape Town
… to analyse the growth and development of Rape Crisis Cape Town (Rape Crisis). Rape Crisis provides counselling to rape victims, education and advocacy. The thesis also uses Rape Crisis to assess the analytic power of these theories, which were developed in the USA and Europe, in South …
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The development, implementation and evaluation of a training programme in rape crisis intervention for lay therapists : a community psychology approach
… for the development of a training programme in rape crisis intervention for lay therapists who were members of the Rape Crisis Organisation in Cape Town, South Africa. This framework was structured around the use of lay therapists, crisis intervention (including crisis intervention with rape …
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The effect of anthropological research on the researcher: a self-reflexive account of fieldwork conducted for Rape Crisis (Cape Town)
… project based on contract research done for the Rape Crisis organisation in Cape Town on the treatment received by rape survivors from police and district surgeons. It discusses the process of doing the applied research, as well as the problems experienced while in the field. Of particular …
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Investigating treatment strategies for adolescent rape survivors : a grounded theory analysis
An evaluation conducted by the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust (RCCTT) revealed that over 43% of their clients were teenagers, and a preliminary search of the current literature revealed a dearth of studies on the interplay between the developmental stage of adolescence and treatment of the adolescent …
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Women Rape Survivors Narratives of Psychological Support and Counselling Experiences
South Africa has one of the highest rates of rape in the world. Experiencing rape frequently proposes substantial consequences on survivors’ physical, psychological and social wellbeing, which accentuates the importance of providing survivors with help, support, and protection. However, the scarce …
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Predictors of symptom severity and treatment attendance amongst rape and sexual assault survivors attending a Cape Town crisis counselling service
Despite the prevalence of rape in South Africa and its association with a high risk of mental health difficulties, little research has examined the specific predictors of post-rape symptom severity or counselling retention rates of treatment-seeking rape survivors. This mixed methods study aimed to …
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Exploring the impact of rape on women's occupations
… endeavoured to describe the impact of rape on the occupations of women who have been raped. Data were gathered from participants who were clients at Rape Crisis, Observatory, through 4 unstructured focus groups and analyses to explore changes in their occupations. What emerged was that …
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'Spaces to speak' of sour milk : exploring African-Caribbean-British women's activism and agency on childhood sexual abuse from the 1980s to the present day
… Minority, Ethnic service provision (BAME) in 13 Rape Crisis Centre’s in England and Scotland.
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The Experience of the Female Volunteer Student Advocate: A Phenomenological Study of University of Montana Student Assault Resource Center Advocates
… interested in improving services both to rape crisis volunteers and to the clients they serve.
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The Experience of the Female Volunteer Student Advocate: A Phenomenological Study of University of Montana Student Assault Resource Center Advocates
… interested in improving services both to rape crisis volunteers and to the clients they serve.
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