Customer Reviews
Informative but dated in places - By: T. Casely, 19 Sep 2008 
Up until 1986, there were only 13 peer reviewed articles on incest in the professional journals. Nobody knew much about the subject.
This book was written in the 80s, when the subject was first discussed publicallly, by lay people as well as professionals. For the time, this book was innovative & groundbreaking.
Since then, knowledge & understanding have moved on. Much of what the author says is still true but if you want more up to date thinking, look at her later books, such as Trauma & Recovery from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, also available from Amazon.
Judith Lewis Herman is regarded as the international authority on the subject.
Not for the faint-hearted as it is a very heavy read. - By: , 13 Oct 2001 
This book starts with the history of written knowledge that Incest has always existed but has remained a very taboo subject. It then goes on to describe different types of offenders & suggests why they might abuse their children. As an incest victim myself, I found the book to be a little too impartial & it did not offer much support to the victim. At times the book was very heavy going but I stuck it out to the end hoping for a positive outcome, which unfortunately didn't arrive.
