sex crimes

"This book will introduce you to key concepts like consent, provide advice about how to date safely, share information about what a healthy relationship is and how to build one, and offer counsel about getting out of relationships that are violent or toxic"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the impact of sexual violence or harassment on victims, and discusses how to get started on the way to recovery, from reporting an incident to long-term strategies for self-care.

Haunted by flashbacks, fifteen-year-old Meredith learns that three years in prison has not changed the abusive father who molested her.

When Birmingham begins seeing Jenna, his initial enthusiasm is tempered by rumors about how many people she has been with in the past. As a result, he finds himself drawn to a new teacher and begins treading down a dangerous path.

After a stack of Harry Potter books kill Ren's mother, she finds herself trapped in a Connecticut suburb with her father who grieves too much to live in New York. But when a new friend at school confides to Ren that she is communicating online with an older man, Ren comes up with a plan to stop it.

Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private.

"... explores all facets of sex offending. Its coverage of sex crimes and sexual deviance in the United States emphasizes rape and sexual offenses against children and society's responses through the criminal justice system, including enforcement and investigation, the courts, corrections, and post-punishment treatment"--Back cover.

When seventeen-year-old Mario and ten-year-old Eddie's mother is sent to Iraq with her National Guard unit, the boys move in with their aunt, whose boyfriend, Denton, sexually abuses Eddie, which may lead to the boys being split up in different foster homes while Mario tries to keep his brother safe.

After remembering the cause of her best friend Devory's suicide at age nine, Gittel is determined to raise awareness of sexual abuse in her Borough Park, New York, community, despite the rules of Chassidim that require her to be silent.

The author shares her story of the betrayal she felt after her friend sexually assaulted her, including the conversation she had with him many years later.