Walby / Olive / Sugarman Stopping Rape

Towards a Comprehensive Policy
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2212-2
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The need to stop rape is pressing and, since it is the outcome of a wide range of practices and institutions in society, so too must the policies be to stop it This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape, together with case study examples on how they work. The book engages with the law and criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions, as well as how they can best be coordinated. It is informed by theory and evidence drawn from scholarship and practice from around the world.

The book will be of interest to a global readership of students, practitioners and policy makers as well as anyone who wants to know how rape can be stopped.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walby, Sylvia

Olive, Philippa

Sugarman, David

Towers, Jude

Agarwal, Bina

Francis, Brian

Armstrong, Jo

Strid, Sofia

Krizsán, Andrea

Lombardo, Emanuela

May-Chahal, Corinne

Franzway, Suzanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction;

Strategy;

Health and victim services;

Law and the criminal justice system;

Conflict zones;

Culture, media and education;

Economy;

Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Strid, Sofia
Sofia Strid is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University and Co-Director GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Towers, Jude
Jude Towers is Doctor of Applied Social Statistics, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Walby, Sylvia
Sylvia Walby is Professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London and holds the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Anneliese Maier Research Award.

Krizsán, Andrea
Central European University

Franzway, Suzanne
Suzanne Franzway is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of South Australia. Her research focusses on sexual politics, greedy institutions, gendered violence and citizenship, and epistemologies of ignorance. She is a scholar activist in the area of women and work, serving on NGOs and is founding member of the UNESCO Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Research Network.

Lombardo, Emanuela
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Francis, Brian
Brian Francis is Professor of Social Statistics at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Olive, Philippa
Philippa Olive is Doctor of Sociology, Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research at the University of Central Lancashire.

May-Chahal, Corinne
Corinne May-Chahal is Professor of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University.

The book is written by scholars from around the world, led by Sylvia Walby: Philippa Olive, Jude Towers, Brian Francis, Sofia Strid, Andrea Krizsán, Emanuela Lombardo, Corinne May-Chahal, Suzanne Franzway, David Sugarman, Bina Agarwal and Jo Armstrong. Walby is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research, at Lancaster University and has received funding from UN Women, UNECE, European Parliament, European Institute for Gender Equality, Council of Europe, Home Office, and ESRC.