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Bolin, Nici. "#MeToo-rörelsens förändring : -Vänsterpartiet och Moderaternas kriminalpolitik innan och efter Me Too." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104104.
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One of the major debates in Swedish politics today is violence in close relationships and against women and children. The debate has grown stronger since 2017 when Me Too revolutionized the world. This study is analyzed from a structural perspective, where Me Too is a social movement and whether it has influenced or somehow changed the criminal policy of Vänsterpartiet and Moderaterna. The focus will lay on sexual crimes. The study intends to analyze the parties' criminal policy with a focus on sexual crime issues between the years 2013 to 2020 to see if Me Too after 2017 has created change. For this study, selected motions have been taken from the parliament website and presented in an analysis. That material also accounts for the central parts of this study. As a theory for this thesis, the structure and actor model will apply. Here, Me Too stands as structure and the parties as actors. With the help of the model, the outcome of the policy should be studied over time. The structure and actors model is applied in the results in the analysis of the parties' motions. The study will seek answers to two questions. These two are, What are the similarities and differences between the criminal policy of Vänsterpartiet and Moderaterna when it comes to sexual crimes. As a concluding discussion question, the study tries to develop whether the social movement Me Too has made any impact on the parties' criminal policy regarding sexual crimes. The conclusion of this study is that the parties differ as Vänsterpartiet is based on a feminist ideology and wants to see old norms and social structures in the form of patriarchy broken. Moderates including the debate as an integration problem. They both agree that Me Too has created change for women both in Sweden and worldwide and helped direct the spotlight on this societal problem.Utveckla de valda partiets ideologier och motivera den valda metoden.
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Kennedy, Maureen Angeline. "Workplace violence: an exploratory study into nurses interpretations and responses to violence and abuse in trauma and emergency departments." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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Violence in society has reached epidemic level and has permeated the walls of the workplace. Workplace violence has also spread across all occupations, especially those dealing with the public, and has escalated over the years. In this thesis the researcher explored the experiences, perceptions and coping mechanisms used by nurses exposed to violence in the health setting. The main focus was to determine how the nurses interpret abuse, and does this interpretation determine their response to the abuse.
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Bows, Hannah. "Rape and serious sexual assault against women aged 60 and over." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11941/.
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Despite the vast amount of research attention examining sexual violence against women, and an increase in research around abuse of older people over the last two decades, sexual violence against people aged 60 and over remains under-researched. As the world population continues to rapidly age, there is a pressing need to address this gap in research in order to inform policy and practice in preventing and responding to sexual violence. This thesis contributes to three existing, but currently distinct, fields of inquiry: elder abuse; domestic violence against older women; and sexual violence against older women. A multi-methodological multi-stage approach was adopted to examine the extent and nature of sexual violence against older women in the UK and the characteristics of victims, perpetrators and incidents through analysis of police data gained through Freedom of Information requests. Interviews with 23 practitioners working in sexual violence organsiations and 4 working in age-related organisations shed light on some of the challenges older survivors may experience when accessing support services, the key support needs of older survivors and the extent to which practitioners felt comfortable in meeting those needs. Gaps in current service provision were also explored. In the final stage, three women survivors of sexual violence since the age of 60 shared their stories, in particular the physical and emotional impacts sexual violence had on them and providing accounts of their experiences of accessing support services. Their thoughts on issues with current support provision and existing gaps were also shared. This thesis considers these findings collectively to examine for the first time the extent, nature and impacts of sexual violence against women aged 60 and over.
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Wilson, Susan M. "Factors Predicting the Type of Tactics Used to Resist Sexual Assault: A Prospective Study." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1314296269.
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Murrizi, Stela. "Media Construction of Campus Sexual Assault: A Case Study." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32211.
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Working within a social constructionist paradigm, the focus of this study is on the way in which the social problem of campus sexual assault is constructed and the way in which these constructions determine the proposed solutions. To address the issue, the study focuses on a high-profile case of a violent sexual assault that occurred at Carleton University in the fall of 2007. Drawing upon the work of Joel Best and Donileen Loseke, I approach this issue by focusing on the claims-making activities that emerged in response to this event. Using a mixed methods analysis of newspaper coverage of the event consisting of a quantitative content analysis combined with a more detailed thematic analysis focusing on the specific claims made and the more general themes they reflect, this study analyzes the dominant claims-makers identified by the media, the claims they put forth, and the proposed solutions that follow from their particular constructions of the problem. Results of this analysis illustrate the contested nature of the construction of campus sexual assault as well as the way in which competing discourses reflect features of a broader social discourse relating to crime, individualization, and the responsibilization of women to protect themselves from sexual violence.
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Piccigallo, Jacqueline. "Men against rape male activists' views towards campus-based sexual assault and acquaintance rape /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 144 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1605142181&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Murrie, Linzi. "Feminism as 'Men's Business' : the possibilities and limitations of the profeminist politics in Men Against Sexual Assault /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17112.pdf.
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Hickman, Laura J. "An Assessment of the Impact of Intimate Victim-Offender Relationship on Sentencing in Serious Assault Cases." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5059.
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It is generally agreed that a criminal justice system reflects the values of the society within which it exists. The presence of patriarchal social values will likely affect the response of the criminal justice system to intimate violence. While the perpetration of violence against another is a violation of an important social norm, patriarchal values may function to discount the seriousness of such an act, if the violence is perpetrated by a man against his girlfriend or wife. This discount of seriousness may lead to less severe punishment for men who assault their intimates than to men who assault nonintimates. The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that men who are convicted of committing serious assaults against female intimates receive more lenient punishment than men who are convicted of committing serious assault against nonintimates. Punishment was defined as sentencing outcomes, i. e. type and length of sentence. The sentences of offenders convicted of felony assaults as the major offense and subject to sentencing guidelines in Oregon in 1993 were examined. Chi-square tests were used to compare the sentence types of intimate and nonintimate violence offenders. Two-tailed !-tests and multiple linear regression were used to examine the relationship between victim-offender relationship and length of sentence. It appears that the presence of Oregon's sentencing guidelines, rather than victim-offender relationship, had the greatest effect upon the severity of punishment. This finding suggests that the guidelines may be responsible for minimizing the impact of patriarchal values on sentencing decisions in serious assault cases.
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Murphy, Michael William. "Campus Sexual Assault: How Oregon University System Schools Respond." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/281.
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College is usually thought of as a time where students, often living alone for their first time, are encouraged towards healthy risk-taking behavior, as well as social, intellectual, and vocational development. Unfortunately for female students, college becomes the time of their lives where they are exposed to the highest risk of sexual victimization. Many colleges across America have taken steps to address the significant problem of sexual assault on their campuses. However, even with rising concern about the sexual victimization of college students, there remains very little systematic information published about the content of sexual assault policies, protocols and programs that exist on college campuses. Focusing on the seven schools of the Oregon University System (OUS), this study sought to examine the schools' sexual assault policies, as well as their prevention and response efforts to sexual assault. Additionally schools' willingness for assistance and training from Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force (OSATF) was also studied. Specifically, official school sexual assault policies were content analysis and secondary survey data gathered by the OSATF was examined. Results demonstrated that, in most cases, policies of the OUS schools were vague in their definitions of what constituted a sexual assault, and lacked the additional information necessary for victims to respond to their sexual victimization. However, Universities also offered various forms of educational opportunities and awareness raising activities. While this proves promising, there is clearly room for improvement. OUS schools also appeared willing to work with the OSATF to improve the delivery of their sexual assault prevention services. The findings of this thesis are important in directing future actions of the OUS when developing and implementing sexual assault response and prevention strategies.
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Ujevic, Danica. "(Re)Presentations of Sexual Violence Against Women: An Analysis of Media Reports of Rape." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32069.
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There is a problem with attitudes that blame the victim of sexual assault: these attitudes are widespread and show popular adhesion to assumptions about rape that have been criticized and combatted by feminists. These assumptions are known as “rape myths.” It is important to look at the role newspapers play in contemporary discourse around rape and the extent to which they reproduce rape myths or, alternatively, incorporate a feminist critique. This research examines how sexual assault is constructed in three English-language newspapers, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post in the year 2012. Using qualitative content analysis, themes of rape myths and the presence of feminist discourse are categorized. The power of language when describing rape in the media is recognized and a description of rape-supportive culture, within a feminist theoretical framework, is provided. The ultimate aim of this research is to identify and challenge myths and stereotypes surrounding rape as well as identify possible feminist discourse on rape in print news media in Canada.
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Campe, Margaret Irene. "STUDENTS ON THE MARGINS: INTERSECTIONALITY AND COLLEGE CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_etds/43.
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This three-paper dissertation quantitatively identifies and examines three different substantive areas using data from the American College Health Association’s Fall of 2016 National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA). Specific areas of inquiry include, marginalized populations and college campus sexual assault, intersectional analyses of risk factors for college campus sexual assault, and drinking protective behavioral strategies as prevention tools for college campus sexual assault. Paper one, titled, “College Campus Sexual Assault and Students with Disabilities,” explores a particular marginalized group of students that have been largely left out of college campus sexual assault studies: female college students with disabilities. The logistic regression analyses find that having any disability increases risk for any type of college campus sexual assault more than other commonly cited risk factors such as binge drinking, or Greek affiliation. Moreover, the study indicates that odds for female students with disabilities are varied depending on the type of assault, completed, attempted, or relationship, as well as the specific type of disability. Results are discussed, and policy implications, limitations, and opportunities for future research are delineated.
Paper two, titled, “College Campus Sexual Assault: Moving Toward a More Intersectional Quantitative Analysis,” is guided by an intersectional theoretical framework. The study employs classification and regression tree analyses (CART) to identify more specific groups of students that are at disproportionate risk for sexual assault beyond singular variables or even interaction effects. Unlike traditional regression techniques, CART does not assume a linear relationship, and can simultaneously account for independent variables relationship to one another while determining which variables have the most explanatory power for the dependent variable and for which unique groups of students. The study discusses results of analyses in relationship to intersectional research both theoretically and methodologically, as well as future research, and policy implications.
Alcohol consumption, particularly binge drinking, has been consistently linked to greater risk for college campus sexual assault victimization. However, there is a lack of college campus violence prevention and intervention programming that addresses alcohol consumption in relation to campus sexual assault. As such, paper three, titled, “Drinking Protective Behavioral Strategies and College Campus Sexual Assault,” uses logistic regression to explore whether or not the use of drinking protective behavioral strategies (PBS) lowers risk for sexual assault in female college students that drink alcohol. The study examines both the main effects of drinking PBS on sexual assault risk, as well as whether or not the use of drinking PBS moderates the risk of frequent alcohol consumption, and binge drinking on college campus sexual assault. The paper discusses findings, limitations, policy implications, and avenues for future research.
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Stewart, Megan C. "The Effect of Victimization on Women’s Health: Does the Victim-Offender Relationship Matter?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1303150937.
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Singer, Thomas Edward. "Law enforcement officers killed and assaulted, 1960-1987: A descriptive analysis." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/712.
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Janovicek, Nancy. "Finding a place, the politics of feminist organizing against spousal assault in Ottawa and Lanark County, 1970-1982." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq26923.pdf.
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Buhagiar, Lawrence. "The constitution of rape, interrogating the use of therapeutic records as evidence against complainants in sexual assault proceedings." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0027/MQ51308.pdf.
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Janovicek, Nancy Carleton University Dissertation Canadian Studies. "Finding a place: The politics of feminist organizing against spousal assault in Ottawa and Lanark County, 1970-1982." Ottawa, 1997.
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Kane, Emma. ""I Just Signed Your Death Warrant": A Content Analysis of News Media Coverage of Violent Crimes Against Women in the #MeToo Era." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109157.
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Thesis advisor: Alyssa GoldmanThis study analyzes the narratives that emerged in the news media’s coverage of violent crimes against women during the #MeToo Movement. Additionally, it seeks to uncover if and how news media crime coverage differed based on the race of defendants. I conduct a content analysis of the news media coverage of the criminal cases State of Michigan v. Lawrence Gerard Nassar and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William Henry Cosby, Jr. during the #MeToo Movement. I find that news media coverage of violent crimes against women typically exhibits an inverse relationship in which supportive portrayals of victims predict unsupportive portrayals of defendants, and vice versa. I also find some evidence to suggest that Black male defendants receive more lenient news media coverage than white male defendants. The results of this study demonstrate the power of social movements in influencing criminal justice outcomes and the news media’s role in shaping public opinion on criminal cases
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2021
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Departmental Honors
Discipline: Sociology
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Johnson-Quay, Nicole L. "Measuring Rape Culture with College Students and Its Role in Bystander Intervention." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1406555995.
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Perkins, Wendy. "Application of an Ecological Model to the Labeling of Sexual Aggression." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406821721.
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McClure, Rosemary O. ""These Are Preying Grounds" - How the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State are Fighting Violence Against Native American Women." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/204.
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Domestic violence and sexual assault rates are higher on Indian reservations than anywhere else in the country. This text works toward an understanding of sexual violence as a legacy of colonialism. Rather than being rooted in inherent racial or cultural differences, current rates of sexual violence on Indian reservations are a continuation of a historical pattern in which colonizers used rape as a weapon to control, contain, and conquer the Indians. The unique history of racist and sexist oppression inflicted on Native Americans through the institutionalized denial of kinship, culture, sovereignty, and body autonomy has exacerbated the violence while frustrating the healing process. This paper describes how the boarding schools, Indian child removal, PL 280, the Oliphant decision, cultural appropriation, and the sexualized stereotyping of Indian women led to high rates of sexual violence on Indian reservations. It then explores how the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State have been proactive in fighting to end sexual assault and violence on their reservation, through retrocession, a holistic approach to batterer reform, and victim advocacy, while simultaneously lobbying in support of legislation such as the Violence Against Women Act, which would allow the Tribes to acquire criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians.
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Baldwin, Carol L. (Carol Louise). "Dissociation and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women Who Have Experienced Trauma and Sexual Assault." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332592/.
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The relation between dissociative symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was investigated in women who had experienced trauma or sexual assault. Subjects were administered the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Sexual Experiences Scale (SES), and the PTSD Interview (PTSD-I). Subjects were grouped according to their scores on the SES and the PTSD-I. Analysis of variance revealed a relation between DES scores and PTSD symptom severity scores. Correlational analyses showed a relation between dissociative symptoms and PTSD symptom severity but not recency of trauma. Three factors from a previously published factor analysis of the DES were found to contribute to the DES scores of PTSD subjects.
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O'Banion, Liane Kehaulani. "Campus Sexual Assault and (In)Justice: an Inquiry into Campus Grievance Professionals' Roles, Responsibilities, and Perspectives of Justice." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4407.
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Approximately one in four women experience sexual violence in college. Public institutions of higher education identify professionals specifically responsible for Title IX compliance, campus grievance processes, and survivor advocacy. Success in these roles depends upon a variety of institutional, legal, and procedural factors, and the ability to balance compliance, accountability, transparency, confidentiality, and care for students in pursuit of institutional justice. However, the literature has failed to acknowledge the complexities and individual cost of serving in these contentious roles. Moreover, facets of organizational culture can hinder grievance professionals' efficacy in fulfilling their duties, facilitating consistent and fair resolutions, and ensuring just outcomes. This exploratory, qualitative study sought to fill the literature gap and add insight into the experiences and perspectives of student conduct, Title IX, and advocacy professionals at multiple public institutions by seeking to understand individual actions, values, and responses in light of organizational structures, institutional policies, leadership, grievance models, and power dynamics. Data indicated that professionals involved in campus grievance endure severe emotional strain in their efforts to facilitate justice, especially if their own values and principles are misaligned with those of institutional leaders, policies, grievance processes, or outcomes. Moreover, the findings suggest that such misalignment diminishes professional efficacy, which increases stress, fatigue, and leads to burnout, thereby decreasing the likelihood of realizing justice. Recommendations include revisions to graduate education, reimagined compelled disclosure policies, the need for employee support programs, and a call for further accountability of institutional leaders. Finally, an alternative paradigm is explicated for moral and justice-centered resolutions of campus sexual assault.
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Hashmi, Sidra. "‘Non-Ideal’ Victims: The Persistent Impact of Rape Myths on the Prosecution of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Against Racialized Immigrant Women in Canada." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42737.
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Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) is a global issue that impacts women of all social locations, but it disproportionately impacts racialized immigrant women. While there is a lack of literature on the topic of IPSV in general, there is a particular dearth of research on the prosecution of IPSV cases involving racialized immigrant women in Canada. There is little research on how these women are revictimized within the criminal justice system because of rape myths pertaining to IPSV, race, and citizenship. In this project, I aim to interrogate the legal rhetoric within judicial decisions regarding cases of IPSV involving racialized immigrant women. In so doing, I ask: How do judges conceptualize racialized immigrant women in cases of IPSV? How do these conceptualizations reproduce myths and stereotypes about these women who report IPSV?
I use Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis (FCDA) to mobilize law as a gendering and racializing practice in my analysis of eight summaries of judicial decisions of criminal and immigration proceedings pertaining to IPSV. Critical Race Theory (CRT) contributes to my theoretical framework to advance our understanding of law as a gendering and racializing practice. Through an abductive process, I find three discourses that dominate judicial decisions: ‘ideal’ victims resist sexual assault and do not delay in reporting; ‘ideal’ victims do not know or maintain ongoing contact with the accused; and judges excuse defendants of sexual assault due to the beliefs that male sexuality is uncontrollable, and women pursue false allegations. These rape myths normalize violence against women of colour and immigrant women by reinforcing the view that they are ‘non-ideal’ victims.
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Gen, Bethany MunYeen. "In the Shadow of the Carceral State: The Evolution of Feminist and Institutional Activism Against Sexual Violence." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1621882615561857.
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Campbell, Alyssa M. "RAPE MYTH ACCEPTANCE: A VIGNETTE APPROACH." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/54.
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The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the extent to which rape myth acceptance (RMA) varies according to four key contextual factors—race, the victim–perpetrator relationship, resistance strategies, and the decision to report—among those embedded within college and military cultures. Although sexual assault in a university context has been thoroughly investigated, it is typically in comparison to the general population that may not share the same high-risk elements that promote the environment for sexual assault. Therefore, comparisons of college, military, and a general population were sampled to better understand the attitudes that maintain RMA in these high risk environments. Consistent with previous research aimed at understanding attitudes associated with RMA (Carroll et al., 2016; McMahon, 2010), findings from this study indicated that although individuals hold relatively low RMA overall, individuals tend to endorse other rape myths that blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator. Specifically, race, resistance strategies, and the decision to report all influenced how likely individuals were to attribute some blame to the victim in the vignette.
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Jukam, Kelsey Rebecca. "Beyond Tahrir : women in Egypt battle sexual harassment and assault." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28650.
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Since the 2011 revolution, the media has given much attention to the problem of sexual harassment and assault in Egypt. Attacks against female journalists and protestors have thrust the issue into the international spotlight, but it is a problem that has plagued Egypt for years. The majority of women in Egypt face some kind of sexual harassment everyday. This report is about the men and women who are working to stop sexual harassment and assault in Egypt.text
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Crawford, Megan E. "Sexual revictimization the role of interpersonal effectiveness in protecting against repeat sexual assault /." 2007. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/crawford%5Fmegan%5Fe%5F200705%5Fms.
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TE, HUNG HSU, and 黃旭德. "A Study on Crime Prevention Practices Against the Sexual Assault Cases in Natou County Police Bureau." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80178804919371816324.
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ABSTRACT A Study on Crime Prevention Practices Against the Sexual Assault Cases in Natou County Police Bureau By HUANG HSU TE June 2007 ADVISOR：HOU CHUNG-WEN DEPARTMENT：GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY MAJOR：CRIMINOLOGY DEGREE：MASETR OF LAW While basic-level police agency is dealing with the sexual assault cases, police officers are often unwilling and reluctant to take care of these cases. And this attitude leads to many crimes. There are many sexual assault crimes happening, and it reflects inefficiency of laws and crime prevention. It also impacts the “ Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Law” which was amended in January, 2005. Based on the interests of sexual assault crimes, this essay is to analyze the difficulties, fruitage, effective actions and suggestions of eight nantou county police precinct to deal with the sexual assault cases. And discuss the new measures of the amended laws and handling layers of nowadays condition. This research is on the basis of quality ways and to discuss the theme in a local law-enforcement officer angle. Study the district condition through sampling. There are 18 interviewed officers, including case officers, ex-officers and assistant officers of county police bureau and precincts. By digging out questions, coordinating the problems and the current conduct of police precincts, this study provides and advanced actions of the prevention of sexual assaults of nantou county. All interviews were complete on Octbor,24 2006. Through discussion of six parts, including conditional crime prevention, conduct of receiving cases, investigation, and prosecution, the protection of victims, the sense of crime prevention, and community policing, there are 9 discoveries after generalizing interviews. First, the knowing of work content: Know more regulations, but use few measures of new law. With sufficient investigation officers, and strengthen the cooperation and communication of police precincts. Second, the cooperation and coordination within the agency: assignment cooperation replaces the mode of task force. Third, the attitude of police agency to deal with the sexual assault cases: the priority of keeping evidence and complete procedure. Forth, the strategy execution and fruitage of receiving and transferring the sexual assault cases: handling the sexual assault cases with specific-responsibility, improving the problem of frequent case officers dispatching, and the investigators don’t feel the stress from work and lobbying. Fifth, the order and direction of handling sexual assault cases by police officers: the priority of protecting the victims’ privacy and placement, public authority intervention can get instant results, resolve the shortage of budget, and set up professional training and certification. Sixth, the referral and coordination of the protected victims: improve the communication and reduce the problems gradually. Seventh, the promotion, protection and training of crime prevention: variously propaganda, inherit the cultivating mode of stage play and seminars, promote children and women’s safety, strengthen the assistance of technology equipments, further full training, and specialize in single-theme. Eighth, the fruitage of crime prevention: the propaganda of children and women’s safety plays an important part and it shall strengthen the work of education in the future. Ninth, the work of community policing: the propaganda of prevention plays a lot of proportion, and set up the system of civilian and volunteers. From the discoveries mentioned above, this essay offers 10 suggestions to strengthen the work in the future. And they are as followed: implement the specific-responsibility mechanism, complete the protection measures of the victims, have the capacity of investigation and system of professional training, adjust the reward of handling the sexual assault cases, communicate, coordinate and invest with many-sided, combine the learning and the practical work, be familiar with the new law and carry it through, share the experiences by holding a forum, encourage the police precinct to process the advanced actions, and cultivate the professional therapist.
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Sun, Haw-Wei, and 孫浩偉. "Re-examining Related Issues of the Chapter of Offense against Sexual Autonomy On the Basis of Sexual Assault Crime." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97693228829292066994.
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Since the Penal Code was established in 1935, the norms associated with the Sexual Assault Crime have been executed for 64 years until 1999, when the norms were amended extensively. Approximately 14 years from the last significant improvement or revision in the norms, even though some subtle adjustments were made in 2005, many ambiguities in Sexual Assault Crime still remained controversial. In addition, distinguishing Sexual Assault Crime and other Offense against Sexual Autonomy crimes are in grey area for a suitable application. Therefore, this thesis is intended to use Sexual Assault Crime as a foundation: it begins with the existing problems in the norms of Sexual Assault Crime, and then develops toward the research of the controversies of applicable conviction for Sexual Assault Crime and other Offense against Sexual Autonomy crimes. Chapter Ⅰ, Introduction. It describes the research motivation, the purposes, the methods, and the scope of the study. Chapter Ⅱ, History of Legislative Development of the Chapter of Offense against Sexual Autonomy. It includes background and introduction of legislation of Sexual Assault Crime and other similar charges to create standpoints in controversial issues. Chapter Ⅲ, the Evolution of Legislations in Sexual Assault Crime and the Analysis of Related Issues. It aims to reveal the sources of ambiguities regarding to Sexual Assault by addressing the norms changes in Sexual Assault Crime in the history and providing an adequate answer to resolve those ambiguities. Furthermore, this chapter includes a discussion of applicability of Aggravated Sexual Assault Crime. Chapter Ⅳ, Applicable Charges for Sexual Assault Crime and Other Offense against Sexual Autonomy Crimes. It intends to use Compulsory Indecency, Opportunity Sexual Intercourse, Statutory Rape, and Sexual Fraud, etc. for the basis in this discussion. By discussing the differentiation in the application mentioned above and examining the standard criterion to distinguish them, this chapter intends to find solutions to apply to a befitting manner. ChapterⅤ, Conclusion and Future Recommendation. It provides a summarization of the research results and includes practical recommendations for legislation amendment.
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Poffinbarger, Sandra Rae. "Challenges to women finding their voice : a case study of speaking up against sexual assault when the perpetrator is a federal judge." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4619.
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Examining historical ideology of women’s position within society and how that socialization has influenced historical legal cases of gender inequality is the backdrop for a modern case study of sexual harassment and sexual assault. This thesis explores how women’s voices have been, and continue to be, silenced socially and legally through ages old ideology of women’s subordination to men. By examining a 2007 legal case of ongoing sexual harassment and sexual assault perpetrated by Federal Judge Samuel Kent against women in subordinate positions working within his courthouse it is demonstrated that socialization of gender inequality is stronger and slower to change than the laws prohibiting it.text
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Tanfa, Denis Yomi. "Crimes against children in Gauteng." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1310.
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The study provided a general orientation of crimes against children in South Africa to buttress the rationale of the research. A concise definition of crime, child, child abuse, sexual child abuse, physical child abuse, victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes against children. The research described the various forms of crimes against children in Guateng, the causes and explanations. An interpretation of the empirical study was provided in this research. It focussed on the perpetrators and victims of child sex crimes. The types of offenders, the motives and theoretical explanations of their behaviour. The modus operandi of the perpetrators found in the empirical study. The various characteristics of victims and perpetrators, the legal processes in the adjudication of child sexual offenders. The research examined some of the prevention strategies of child sexual crimes. Findings of the empirical research are provided.Criminology
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"Ending Sexual Violence Against American Indian Women: A Diné Woman's Perspective on Renewing Concepts of Justice on Tribal Lands." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.36527.
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abstract: In Indian Country, the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault crimes have been described as arduous task. More so, determining whether the federal, state, or tribal government has criminal jurisdiction is perplexing. The various U.S. Supreme Court decisions and Federal Indian policies that influence tribal sovereignty restrict tribal government's authority over violent crimes that occur on tribal lands. In my thesis, I discuss U.S. Supreme Court decisions and federal Indian policies create a framework for colonial management and federal paternalism in Indian Country, which restrict tribal sovereignty and sentencing authority in criminal cases that occur on tribal lands and against their citizens. I introduce the Indigenous Woman's Justice Paradigm as a conceptual framework for Indian nations to develop an alternate system for responding to sexual assault crimes on tribal lands. The purpose of my research is to promote the cultural renewal of Indigenous justice practices to develop sexual assault jurisprudence or reform tribal rape law that are victim-centered and community controlled.Dissertation/Thesis
Masters Thesis American Indian Studies 2015
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Meshesha, Hiwot Demissew. "Analysis of marital rape in Ethiopia in the context of international human rights." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19684.
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This study focuses on marital rape in Ethiopia in the context of international human rights law. Marital rape refers to rape committed against women by their lawful husbands. Like rape that is committed by strangers, marital rape has a severe impact on the physical and psychological wellbeing of victims. Consequently, marital rape violates a range of human rights, such as the right to human dignity, right to bodily integrity, right to privacy, as well as the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Marital rape is recognised as one of the forms of violence against women under international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia. In addition, the Constitution of Ethiopia recognises the right to equality between women and men during marriage, and prohibits the enactment of laws and policies that discriminate against women.
Studies have shown that the prevalence of marital rape is high in Ethiopia. Despite this fact, the Current Criminal Code of Ethiopia does not regard marital rape as a criminal offence and as a result there is no punishment on the part of perpetrators of this offence. Consequently, this gives husbands the license to rape their wives without any consequence. Owing to various socio-cultural factors, victims of marital rape in Ethiopia do not report these incidents to the police. The fact that there are no remedies under the criminal justice system, also discourages victims from reporting such incidents.
This study, argues that by virtue of adopting human rights instruments at both the UN and AU level which prohibits violence against women, Ethiopia is under obligation to criminalize marital rape. South Africa is one of the few countries in Africa that criminalises marital rape. According to the 1993 Prevention of Family Violence Act, stipulates a man can be found guilty of raping his wife. Later on, the Act was amended by the Family Violence Act of 1998, which gives protection to victims of domestic violence. Despite the criminalisation of marital rape in South Africa, studies indicate that marital rape is still prevalent in the country owing to numerous socio-economic and cultural factors. Hence, from the experience of South Africa it can be understood that criminalizing marital rape alone is not enough to tackle the problem.Public, Constitutional, and International Law
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Mfusi, Boikhutso Florencia. "The policing of road rage incidents in the Gauteng Province." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20281.
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This study followed a qualitative research approach, and semi-structured interviews regarding the subject matter were conducted with the knowledgeable and experienced respondents in the Gauteng traffic-related departments. A literature review was also conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of the research problem in both local and international context.
The research stresses the fact that motorists are continuing to lose their lives on Gauteng province, as a result of violent traffic disputes, therefore people suffer financial, physical, psychological as well as social effects as a consequence of such actions. The findings revealed that all the traffic stakeholders are working cooperatively towards implementing the crime prevention strategic plans, but for policing road rage in particular there is no specific strategy in action. In addition, this study reveals that it is impossible for the traffic police to curb road rage incidents because the latter occur as a result of unpredictable human behavior.Police Practice
M. Tech. (Policing)
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Rushton, William. "An analysis of the prevention of police brutality in the Western Cape." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25795.
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South Africa has been synonymous with police brutality for many years. This stigma remains till this day. The South African Police Service and the Government has tried in vain to change the image of the South African Police Service. This research was conducted to analyse the prevention of police brutality in the Western Cape, focusing on Cape Town. This will include the effects police brutality has had on the community, and the resulting breakdown of relations between the police and the community.
This study will compare statistics of police brutality related incidents from South Africa with that of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Nigeria. This comparison will indicate if South Africans do suffer more brutality cases at the hands of the police or is brutality by police officers a worldwide phenomenon. The research questions that were asked during this study are if police brutality is a problem, why does police brutality occur, how does it affect the community and what can be done to prevent police brutality.
This study used a mixed method of research methodology to attempt the answer the complex questions asked. This included survey questionnaires that were distributed to police officials, Community Police Forum members and the community around the Cape Town Central Business District. Semi structured interviews were held with members of the police’s departmental hearing section. Literature was also obtained regarding police brutality.
Prevention of police brutality strategies from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia and Nigeria were obtained to compare these strategies and determine which have been successful and could be a benefit to the South African Police Service. The current strategies the South African Police Service have also put in place will be discussed which will include legislation, white paper on safety and security, the green paper on police practice and the National Development plan 2030.
Combining all the information obtained, this research will provide findings regarding the phenomenon of police brutality and possible recommendations that could assist with the prevention of police brutality. This in turn will help build a better relationship between the South African Police Service and its Citizens that they swore to protect and serve.Criminology and Security Science
M. A. (Criminal Justice)