Sarah E. Ullman, PhD, is Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her research focuses on sexual victimization of women and rape amp rsquo s impact on mental and physical health. Dr. Ullman has conducted multiple longitudinal studies on sexual assault survivors and how social reactions from support sources affect their coping and recovery. She also interviewed survivors and service providers about their disclosure and help-seeking experiences and codeveloped an informal support network intervention for survivors and their social networks. She is conducting a large multimethod, dyadic study to better understand disclosure, social reactions, and their impacts.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsAn Introduction to Helping Sexual Assault and Rape SurvivorsChapter . The Social Context of Talking About Sexual AssaultChapter 2. Theories of Women amp rsquo s Rape DisclosureChapter 3. Why, How Often, and to Whom Do Women Disclose, and What Factors Influence Whether Disclosure Is Healing?Chapter 4. What Social Reactions Do Victims Receive When Disclosing Sexual Assault?Chapter 5. Impacts of Social Reactions on SurvivorsChapter . Informal Supporter Providers amp rsquo Experiences Responding to and Helping SurvivorsChapter 7. Formal Supporters Helping Survivors: Advocates and CliniciansChapter 8: Conducting Interviews With Survivors of Sexual AssaultChapter 9. Challenging the Rape Culture: Recommendations for ChangeReferencesIndexAbout the Author