| Janice E. Rench | |
|---|---|
 Janice E. Rench, from a 1981 newspaper | |
| Born | Janice Elizabeth Bingham December 13, 1939 Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 2016 (aged 76) Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Janice Kohler |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker, writer, lecturer |
Janice Elizabeth Bingham Rench (December 13, 1939 – April 12, 2016) was an American social worker, lecturer, and writer. She was a victim's advocate in Cleveland and in the Boston area, usually working with survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence.
Early life and education
Rench was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Clyde Anderson Bingham and Elizabeth M. Prentis Bingham. She graduated from Brockton High School.
Career
Rench was a licensed social worker, and director of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. She later worked in domestic abuse counseling in Massachusetts. She wrote several books for teen readers, on sexuality and health issues. Rench's Understanding Sexual Identity (1990) was a finalist in the nonfiction category for the American Library Association's Gay and Lesbian Book Award (later renamed the Stonewall Book Award) in 1991. The same title was controversial in several school districts and restricted from teen library patrons in some locations.
Rench was one of three victim advocates who developed the original version of the Ohio Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic and Medical Examination, in 1991. She served on an advisory panel of the National Crime Prevention Council. She gave an oral history interview in 2003 about the early years of the victim advocacy movement, and of rape crisis centers in the United States.
Publications
- Feeling safe, feeling strong: How to avoid sexual abuse and what to do if it happens to you (1984, with Susan N. Terkel)
- Teen Sexuality Decisions and Choices (1989)
- Understanding Sexual Identity: A Book for Gay Teens and Their Friends (1990)
- Family Violence: How to Recognize and Survive It (1992)
- The Roller Coaster Ride: Bipolar Disorder (2010)
Personal life
Bingham was married twice, and had three children. She died in 2016, in Framingham, Massachusetts, at the age of 76.
References
- ^ "Janice Rench Obituary (1939 - 2016)". MetroWest Daily News, via Legacy.com. April 24, 2016. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- Coyne, John P. (1981-03-05). "Crisis center goes to streets with help to stop rape". The Plain Dealer. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Stonewall Book Awards List 1991". Rainbow Roundtable, American Library Association. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- "Book for gay teens at heart of controversy". News Record. 1997-08-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- "New Jersey's literary hit list". The Record. 1995-09-17. p. 232. Retrieved 2024-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- Office of Healthy Ohio, Ohio Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic and Medical Evaluation (2012): ii.
- Manikis, Marie (June 2019). "Contrasting the Emergence of the Victims' Movements in the United States and England and Wales". Societies. 9 (2): 35. doi:10.3390/soc9020035. ISSN 2075-4698.
- Terkel, Susan Neiburg; Rench, Janice E. (1984). Feeling safe, feeling strong: how to avoid sexual abuse and what to do if it happens to you. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co. ISBN 978-0-8225-0021-6.
- Kavesh, Laura (1985-02-03). "Child abuse 'primer' sad, straightforward, effective". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 82. Retrieved 2024-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- Rench, Janice E. (1988). Teen sexuality: decisions and choices. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications. ISBN 978-0-8225-0041-4.
- Rench, Janice E. (1990). Understanding sexual identity: a book for gay teens and their friends. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications. ISBN 978-0-8225-0044-5.
- Rench, Janice E. (1992). Family Violence: How to Recognize and Survive it. Lerner Publications Company. ISBN 978-0-8225-0047-6.
External links
- A 2003 oral history interview with Janice Rench, by the Oral History of the Crime Victim Assistance Field Project, a program of the U.S. Department of Justice; on YouTube