Reports and Papers
30 results found.
-
Domestic Abuse Domestic Violence Perpetrators Protection Rape Research Resource Sexual Harassment Violence Against Women
Transforming the police response to domestic abuse
Project Bright Light Transforming the police response to domestic abuse The first briefing from Project Bright Light, an action research project on the police response to domestic abuse, focuses on national policy issues. The research, conducted in partnership with Avon and Somerset police, found significant systemic problems
-
Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Domestic Abuse Rape Young People
Child sexual abuse of African Asian and Caribbean heritage children A knowledge review
This new review explores the nature of sexual abuse, its impacts, the barriers that prevent children talking about it, and how concerns are responded to, both within communities and by services. The review identifies learning and actions which could be applied to practice and brings into stark focus the need
-
Journal Article Rape
The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales
Lovett, J, Kelly, L, Vera-Gray, F. (2024) The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales, Policing, 18, To see the open access article, go to: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae086 This article focused on the impact of
-
Position Paper Rape Research Report Resource Violence Against Women
Operation Soteria
Briefing Two from CWASU’s work on Operation Soteria Bluestone presents new findings on the scale of rape reporting to and recording by police, and the charge rate, in England and Wales. Operation Soteria Bluestone brings together police forces with academics, using evidence and new insight to
-
Journal Article Rape
Reconstructing and sequencing behaviours in multiple perpetrator rape
Journal name: Psychology, Crime & Law
-
Book Chapter Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Rape Violence Against Women
Handbook on Sexual Violence
Edited by Jennifer M. Brown & Sandra L. Walklate Chapter title: Standing the Test of Time? Reflections on the Concept of the Continuum of Sexual Violence
-
Europe Journal Article Rape Research
The (In)credible Words of Women: False Allegations in European Rape Research
Journal name: Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal Journal page: 16 (12) 1345-1355
-
Journal Article Rape
An offender based typology of multiple perpetrator rape
Journal name: Criminal Justice and Behavior Journal page: 37(10), 1114-1139
-
Book Chapter Rape
Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking
Edited by Miranda Horvath and Jennifer Brown Chapter title: A Vicious Cycle?: Attrition and Conviction Patterns in Contemporary Rape Cases in England and Wales
-
Legislation Rape Research Research Report Resource
Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in eleven European countries
Summary reports
-
Criminal Justice System Legislation Rape Research Report
Section 41: an evaluation of new legislation limiting sexual history evidence in rape trials
This report evaluates the impact of s.41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJCEA) 1999, examining the extent to which the legal reform has achieved the intentions of parliament in limiting the circumstances in which sexual history evidence can be introduced in rape trials, and the impact of
-
Legislation Position Paper Rape Violence Against Women
Promising Practices addressing sexual violence
Expert paper prepared by Prof. Liz Kelly for the UN Expert Group Meeting, “Violence against women: Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women”,organized by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime 17 to 20 May
-
Criminal Justice System Rape Research Research Report Violence Against Women
A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases
This report documents the largest and most up to date study of attrition in reporting rape in the UK. The study involved prospective tracking of 3,500 rape cases through the criminal justice system, supplemented by data from 228 complainants and 120 professionals. The results show an ongoing decline in the
-
Effects of/surviving violence Health Rape Research Research Report Support Projects Training Violence Against Women
Sexual Assault Referral Centres: developing good practice and maximising potentials
Home Office Research Study 285. Extract from Foreword; ‘This report is one of a series of reports, which specifically reports on the findings from the evaluation of a number of projects, which were funded to support victims in the aftermath of rape. This specific report focuses on the
-
Health Rape Resource Violence Against Women
Forensic Nursing: an option for improving responses to reported rape and sexual assault
Home Office Development and Practice Report 31. The aim of this document is to provide concise guidance for a range professionals who have a role in commissioning, organising or directly providing forensic examinations for those who have reported a rape or sexual assault. The report, which is based
-
Criminal Justice System Europe Legislation Policy Rape Research Research Report Statistics
Rape: Still a Forgotten Issue
This paper is one element of a much larger project seeking to develop and strengthen links between European women’s NGOs working on rape. It builds on the previous Daphne Project Rape the Forgotten Issue (Kelly and Regan, 2001 – see below also). This report presents updated attrition data across a
-
Europe Health Policy Rape Research Research Report
Good Practice in Medical Responses to Recently Reported Rape, Especially Forensic Examinations : A Briefing Paper for the Daphne Strengthening the Linkages Project
This short review explores current good practice in medical and forensic responses, both at practice and organisational levels. The first part discusses what is currently known about forensic evidence and forensic practice; the second explores a number of models for service delivery. Also available in French as: Guide de Bonne
-
Criminal Justice System Europe Legislation Policy Rape Research Research Report Statistics Support Projects
Rape: The Forgotten Issue? A European Research and Networking Project
This publication arose from a collaboration between three UK groups (CWASU, South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre and Campaign to End Rape), supported by partners from Ireland (The Network of Rape Crisis Centres, Ireland) and Finland (Rape Crisis Centre, Tukinainen). One of the roles of CWASU in this partnership
-
Feminist Theory Legislation Policy Rape Research Research Report Research Review
A Research Review on the Reporting, Investigation and Prosecution of Rape Cases
This research review was commissioned by HMCPSI to inform their Thematic Review into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape. It incorporates a review of the literature on the reporting, investigation and prosecution of rape cases, and whilst focusing on UK research, it also draws on a
-
Criminal Justice System Feminist Theory Journal Article Rape
A war of attrition: recent research on rape
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 40; 9-16
-
Criminal Justice System Papers by Other Authors Policy Rape Research
Police Responses to Women Attacked by Serial Rapists
This is Chapter Seven of Jan Jordan’s, PhD Thesis True ‘Lies’ and False ‘Truths’: Women, Rape and the Police, submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in 2001, which addresses the issue of false allegations of rape.
-
Book Chapter Policy Rape Violence Against Women
States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance
Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson and Jen Marchbank (eds.), Zed Books Chapter title: Wars against women: sexual violence, sexual politics and the militarised state
-
Criminal Justice System Feminist Theory Position Paper Rape
A War Of Attrition: Recent Research on Rape
After many years of feminist activism and a large increase in the numbers of women reporting rape, why are rape myths so tenacious? Liz Kelly reviews current research on rape and sexual assault which shows how men continue to get away with rape. Printed in: Trouble and Strife, 2000
-
Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Definitions Legislation Policy Prostitution Rape Resource Statistics Trafficking Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women: A Briefing Document on International Issues and Responses
An introduction to the issue of violence against women, this document summarises the international context; definitions and key concepts; the scale of violence against women internationally; the impact of violence on women’s lives; the connections to development, and five stages of response. Available from: The Child and Woman Abuse Studies
-
Book Chapter Rape Violence Against Women
Rethinking Violence Against Women
Rebecca Emerson Dobash and Russell Dobash (eds.), Sage Chapter title: Sexual violence against women and girls: an approach to an international overview
-
Book Definitions Effects of/surviving violence Feminist Theory Rape Research Statistics Violence Against Women
Surviving Sexual Violence
This study, based on in-depth interviews with sixty women, is the first book to cover women’s experience of a whole range of forms of sexual violence over their lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, Liz Kelly uses what women say in their interviews to develop it further: conceptualizing the different forms
-
Feminist Theory Journal Article Legislation Rape
Syndromes and disorders: the dangers of medicalising the impacts of sexual violence in legal cases
Journal name: Rights of Women Bulletin Autumn/Winter 1995 pages: 2-6
-
Journal Article Rape Violence Against Women
“Nothing really happened”: the invalidation of women’s experiences of sexual violence
Journal name: Critical Social Policy Journal page: 30; 39-53
-
Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Health Journal Article Rape
From politics to pathology: the medicalisation of the impact of rape and child sexual abuse
Journal name: Radical Community Medicine Journal page: 36; 23-28
-
Health Journal Article Rape
The Medicalisation of Rape
Journal name: Rights of Women Bulletin Journal page: Spring/Summer; 8-11.
