Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

Credible is an incredibly important book. Author Deborah Tuerkheimer has put together a comprehensive and cohesive guide to how the system is failing women who are subjected to sexual violence. A warning - this book will make the reader incredibly angry; it is filled with stories of how survivors of......more

As a survivor, this book was incredibly healing for me. It also helped me understand why the concept of "Restorative Justice" for rape is so triggering and and feels like a shaming gut punch: it supports the idea that rapists should be treated more leniently than other violent offenders, and reinforc......more

So much truth and to know how flawed our judicial system still is is sickening. We can do better as a country.......more

I put down another book to start this one and yeah this book was equally intense but I was able to finish it. If a word could sum up my experience it would be Whoa! Tuerkheimer is an attorney and uses concise language to explain why survivors/victims have an uphill battle to find the support they need......more

Another great library find! Deborah Tuerkkheimer, an attorney and legal scholar, develops a well conceived framework of credibility for analyzing our culture's approach and considerations of sexual assault broadly, but more specifically the gendered assault of women by men. Credible does an excellen......more