sex crimes

What are the causes of sexual violence, how serious a problem is it, how should society address sexual victimization, and how can it be reduced?.

After being sexually abused by the father of the children she is babysitting, twelve-year-old Cassie faces a difficult journey before she finds the strength and insight to deal with the problem.

Examines issues in the debate over sexual violence in America, focusing on possible causes of the problem, rape and childhood sexual abuse, and policy changes that could reduce the occurrence of sexual violence.

The author, nephew of Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, provides an inside account of what it was like to grow up in the prophet's compound, and shares his personal story of the challenges he faced after being expelled from the sect and forced out into a world he knew nothing about.

Interest in a new girl and pressure from his parole officer cause seventeen-year-old Del, a gravedigger, to recall and face the "sexting" incident three years earlier that transformed him from a straight-A student-athlete into a social outcast and felon.

Lonely after being dumped by her two best friends, Amy hopes for a romance with Zed, whom she met in an Internet chat room, but the day they spend together in his seaside village near London is not what she expected.

After her former friend Leah dies in an accident, Laine remembers their troubled relationship, dating back to elementary school when Leah convinced Laine to "practice" in the closet with her, and controlled Laine's every thought.

Presents the experiences of people who survived rape, human trafficking, and honor killings, telling how their lives have changed as a result.

Provides an account of the investigation into a series of rapes and murders that occurred in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, over the course of twenty-five years in the 1980s and 1990s, discussing the incarceration and eventual release of an innocent man convicted of two of the crimes, and the apprehension of the real killer.

Del Hartwick can only get a job doing graveyard work because of his criminal past. His parents, teachers, friends, and he himself never really thought of his crime as a crime, but that is not what the authorities decided. Del closed off all emotion, until one day he met Livia, a girl who visits her dead sister in Del's graveyard. However, in order to be with her, Del feels she should know his past, but does not know if she will stay with him when she does.