Sexual violence on trial : local and comparative perspectives / edited by Rachel Killean; Eithne Dowds; Anne-Marie McAlinden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Killean, Rachel, editor.

Dowds, Eithne, editor.

McAlinden, Anne-Marie, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in crime and society.

Routledge studies in crime and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex crimes.

Sex and law.

Physical Description:

Online resource (xxv, 271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

Sexual Violence on Trial provides a contemporary critical examination of the investigation, prosecution and cultural contexts of sexual violence. It draws on Northern Ireland as a case study, while also drawing on experiences from other jurisdictions across the United Kingdom and island of Ireland.

Contents:

Intro

Endorsements

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

PART I: The criminal justice process

1. Sexual offence trials in Northern Ireland: The cultural and legal dimensions

2. Reflections on practice: Experiences of providing care to victims in the Rowan Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Northern Ireland

3. Sexual crime - a policing perspective

4. Serious sex offences in England and Wales: Defending the indefensible

5. Supporting victims through the trial process

6. Sexual offence trials: The practical challenges for a judge tasked to deliver justice

PART II: Social and cultural influences

7. Asking for it: How rape myths can prejudice trials and potential solutions

8. Forced-to-penetrate cases: Deconstructing myths and stereotypes

9. Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people online: Cultural and regulatory challenges

10. Exploring intimate partner sexual violence: A practitioner's perspective

11. A hierarchy of masculinity and sexuality: Gendering the police, and the obfuscation of policing sexual violence against non-heterosexual victims

PART III: Comparative perspective

12. Regulation of media and social media comment on rape trials: Achieving best practice

13. Rethinking affirmative consent: A step in the right direction

14. Legal representation for sexual assault complainants

15 Restorative justice after sexual violence: An international perspective

16. Challenges in the investigation and prosecution of rape and serious sexual offences in Scotland

PART IV: Alternative perspectives and future reforms

17. Contextualising violence: An anti-carceral feminist approach.

18. Breaking the silence to end the violence: 'Speaking out' as feminist strategy

19. Cultural scaffolding and the long view of rape trials

20. Putting sexual violence on trial: Challenges and future directions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-35608-0

1-000-36119-5

9780429356087