Sexual Violence on Trial (eBook, ePUB)

Local and Comparative Perspectives
Redaktion: Killean, Rachel; McAlinden, Anne-Marie; Dowds, Eithne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000361278
• Artikelnr.: 61212289

Autorenporträt

Rachel Killean is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen's University Belfast. Eithne Dowds is Lecturer in Law at Queen's University Belfast. Anne-Marie McAlinden is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Queen's University Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Part I: The Criminal Justice Process
1 Sexual Offence Trials in Northern Ireland: The Cultural and Legal
Dimensions
Rachel Killean, Eithne Dowds and Anne-Marie McAlinden
2 Reflections on Practice: Experiences of Providing Care to Victims in the
Rowan Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Northern Ireland
Gail Jackson
3 Sexual Crime - A Policing Perspective
Zoe McKee
4 Serious Sex Offences in England and Wales: Defending the Indefensible
Jeremy Dein and Luke Marsh
5 Supporting Victims through the Trial Process
Geraldine Hanna
6 Sexual Offence Trials: The Practical Challenges for a Judge Tasked to
Deliver Justice.
Judge Patricia Smyth
Part II: Social and Cultural Influences
7 Asking for It: How Rape Myths Can Prejudice Trials and Potential
Solutions
Rosie Cowan
8 Forced to Penetrate Cases: Deconstructing Myths and Stereotypes
Siobhan Weare
9 Harmful Sexual Behaviours Among Children and Young People On-Line:
Cultural and Regulatory Challenges
Elizabeth Agnew and Anne-Marie McAlinden
10 Exploring Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Practitioners Perspective
Sonya McMullan
11 A Hierarchy of Masculinity and Sexuality: Gendering the Police, and the
Obfuscation of Policing Sexual Violence Against Non-Heterosexual Victims
Aliraza Javaid
Part III: Comparative Perspective
12 Regulation of Media and Social Media Comment on Rape Trials: Achieving
Best Practice
Susan Leahy
13 Rethinking Affirmative Approaches to Consent: A Step in the Right
Direction
Eithne Dowds
14 Legal Representation for Sexual Assault Complainants
Rachel Killean
15 Restorative Justice after Sexual Violence: An International Perspective
Marie Keenan
16 Challenges in the Investigation and Prosecution of Rape and Serious
Sexual Offences in Scotland
Michele Burman and Sandy Brindley
Part IV: Alternative Perspectives and Future Reforms
17 Contextualising Violence: An Anti-Carceral Feminist Perspective
Gillian McNaull
18 Breaking the Silence to End the Violence: 'Speaking Out' as Feminist
Strategy
Tanya Serisier
19 Cultural Scaffolding and the Long View of Rape Trials
Olivia Smith
20 Putting Sexual Violence on Trial: Challenges and Future Directions
Eithne Dowds, Anne-Marie McAlinden and Rachel Killean
Index