The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Stop Violence Against People with Disabilities, edited by D. Nelson Bryen and J. Bornman.

This book breaks new ground in ensuring access to the criminal justice system for one of the most vulnerable groups in the disability sphere, those individuals who have little or no functional speech. Their voices have been silent for too long. Each chapter, written by an expert on disability and/or law and peer reviewed, contains extensive information, references, resources, manuals for practise, stories and reports of people with disabilities themselves confronting the violence they experienced. They also provide data and statistics about the prevalence, the perpetrators, and access to justice.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/904325402

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Tukkiana (TUK) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making t hem accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.