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Name for book teaser page[edit]

Inspired by an earlier question, is there a name for a "teaser page" in a novel? They are particularly common in paperbacks. As soon as you open the book, the very first page is a "teaser" taken from a chapter somewhere near the start of the book, but not right at the start. Then, after this single page, come the copyright information and the title of the book, and only after that the book proper begins. Is there a name for this? JIP | Talk 02:01, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This site states, "Book teasers can include excerpts ...". The term crops up on other sites too. Personally, I prefer my newly minted, fresh-off-the-presses self-epigraph. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:25, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How much trouble do the wrongfully convicted have adjusting to life after exoneration?[edit]

In the "Making A Rapist" episode of Law & Order: SVU, a prosecution expert testifies that exonerated people have trouble integrating into society and those who are raped in prison have problems with romantic life after being freed. Is this fiction or science? Imagine Reason (talk) 22:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Response to any trauma is going to vary from individual to individual. As an example, some victims of abuse murder their abuser. But not all of them do. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:06, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to read Rehabilitation (penology) and Wrongful conviction.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:14, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Length of sentence also matters. Someone who went in decades ago may have missed turning points in the sexual revolution, especially as it relates to computers. Someone who last remembers driving in the '70s or '80s might also find today's models and systems harder than someone who went in this century. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:05, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wrongfully convicted people often were not that "integrated into society" to begin with, which made them a relatively easy victim of a justice system gone awry. One would expect rather in general that people who were isolated for many years from civil society do not find it easy to find their place in a now unfamiliar society; it would be surprising if exonerated people, after serving a lengthy imprisonment, formed an exception. Rape victims may experience problems with sexual expression and bonding, regardless of where the rape took place. --Lambiam 09:59, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]