Reports and Papers
173 results found.
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Book Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Policy Violence Against Women
Interventions against child abuse and violence against women: Ethics and culture in practice and policy
Responses to violence encounter complex intersections of power relations, rights, culture and ethics. This book offers perspectives from a four-country study of interventions on domestic violence, trafficking for sexual exploitation, physical child abuse and neglect.
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Research Report Statistics Violence Against Women Violence by women
Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Case Analysis
Report for Standing Together
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Effects of/surviving violence Research Report
Deflection, denial and disbelief: social and political discourses about child sexual abuse and their influence on institutional responses
A rapid evidence assessment - Summary report
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Research Report
Hidden Depths Research Report
This Briefing contains findings from our recent Hidden Depths project on the profile of service users and their experiences of sexual violence.
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Equality and Diversity Gender Issues Human Rights Security and Justice Self Defence Study
Knowledge and Know-How: The Role of Self-Defence in the Prevention of Violence against Women
This study concludes that there is a growing evidence base that feminist self-defence can be effective in preventing violence.
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Research Report Trafficking
Comprehensive Policy Review of Anti-Trafficking Projects
A new report 'Comprehensive Policy Review of Anti-Trafficking Projects' has just been published.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Research Report
Sex without Consent Report
New research on young people’s understandings of sexual consent, conducted by CWASU for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Using films where young actors described a range of non-consensual sex scenarios, we asked young people how they understand sexual consent and what influences their understandings. Read what young people told
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Research Report
Evaluation of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs)
This project evaluated a new civil provision, Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs), which were piloted over a 15-month period in three police force areas (Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire) in 2011-12. The aims of the evaluation were to assess the following: How were DVPOs implemented and delivered across the
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Research Report
Following 100 women for three years as they rebuild lives after domestic violence
The findings of a 3 year research project (conducted in partnership with Solace Women’s Aid) Finding the Costs of Freedom, examines how women and children rebuild their lives after domestic violence The report was launched at the Mayor’s office in London on 2nd June 2014. This is the first longitudinal
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Effects of/surviving violence
Steps Towards Change: Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes
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Journal Article
Why extending measurements of ‘success’ in domestic violence perpetrator programmes matters for social work
Journal name: British Journal of Social Work
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Journal Article
Rotis not Riots: a feminist dialogue on the riots and their aftermath
Journal name: Safer Communities Journal page: 11 ( 1) 62 – 72
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Research Report
Realising Rights: Case studies on state responses to violence against women and children in Europe
CWASU led this partnership between the University of Osnabrück, the German Institute for Human Youth Services and Family Law (DIJuF) and Tilburg University (INTERVICT – International Victimology Institute). Realising Rights (RRS) was funded by the EU DAPHNE III programme and explores both fields of violence. Its aims were: – to
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Research Report
Realising Rights: Case studies on state responses to violence against women and children in Europe – further briefing reports
Further briefing papers for the Realising Rights project above, including three German briefing documents.
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Journal Article Rape
Reconstructing and sequencing behaviours in multiple perpetrator rape
Journal name: Psychology, Crime & Law
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Research Report
Into the Foreground: an Evaluation of the Jacana Parenting Programme
The Jacana Parenting Service was a pilot programme developed and delivered in partnership between the nia project and Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP) to support parents affected by current and historic domestic violence (DV) in Hackney. The programme offered separate interventions for men as perpetrators and support to women as
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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
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Research Report
Boys Think Girls are Toys?: An evaluation of the nia project prevention programme on sexual exploitation
An evaluation of a prevention programme focussing on sexual exploitation for both young people and professionals. The programme was delivered across London by the nia project, in partnership with the Children’s Society from September 2007 to December 2010, with three broad aims: – To increase the number of young people
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Journal Article Violence Against Women
Roads to Nowhere? Mapping Specialised Violence Against Women Services
Journal name: Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal Journal page: 17 (3) 404-425
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Research Report
Islands in the stream: An evaluation of four London independent domestic violence advocacy schemes
This report presents the results of an evaluation of four Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy (IDVA) schemes in London. The evaluation was commissioned by the Trust for London (formerly known as City Parochial Foundation) and the Henry Smith Charity.
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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
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Journal Article
Gang/Group/Multiple Perpetrator Rape: Naming an offence and initial research findings
Journal name: Journal of Sexual Aggression Journal page: 15(1), 83-97
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Book Chapter
Criminal Justice and Behaviour
Volume 37, Number 10, October 2010 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology Chapter title: A Typology of Multi-Perpetrator Rape
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Journal Article Rape
An offender based typology of multiple perpetrator rape
Journal name: Criminal Justice and Behavior Journal page: 37(10), 1114-1139
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Research Report
A Missing Link? An Exploratory Study of the Connections Between Non-Consensual Sex and Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy has been a policy priority traversing health, education and crime agendas at national and local levels for a decade. In 1999 a twin track strategy for England and Wales was introduced that aimed to halve teenage conception rates among under 18s by 2010, whilst simultaneously reducing social exclusion
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Journal Article
Public Sociology: Working at the interstices
Journal name: The American Sociologist Journal page: 40, 309–331
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Book Chapter
Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities Issues for Policy and Practice
A.Gill and R. Thiara Chapter title: Foreword
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Research Report Resource
Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in 11 European countries
Attrition, the process by which rape cases fall out of the justice system before reaching trial, has been highlighted as a critical issue in several English-speaking countries with common-law systems, and there is emerging research in some European countries. In virtually all countries where major studies have been published, the
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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
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Legislation Rape Research Research Report Resource
Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in eleven European countries
Summary reports
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Journal Article Trafficking
Trade Secrets: Intersections between Diasporas and Crime Groups in the Constitution of the Human Trafficking Chain
Journal name: British Journal of Criminology Journal page: 49 (2) 184-201
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Journal Article
Paradoxical progress: Responding to sexual violence
Journal name: Soundings: Journal of Politics and Culture Journal page: 39, 128-135
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Research Report
Evaluation Report: Nordic Baltic Pilot Project for the Support, Protection, Safe Return and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
The Nordic Baltic Pilot Project for the Support, Protection, Safe Return and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation ran from Oct 2005 to Dec 2008 with two key objectives; 1. to develop a regional programme for the provision of support services to women victims of trafficking for
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Book Chapter
Sex as Crime?
Edited by Gayle Letherby, Kate Williams, Philip Birch & Maureen Cain, Willan Publishing Chapter title: Contradictions and paradoxes: international patterns of, and responses to, reported rape cases
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Evaluation Policy Research Report Violence Against Women
‘If only we’d known’: an exploratory study of seven intimate partner homicides in Engleshire
During one year there were five cases of intimate partner femicide (IPF) in Engleshire two of which involved perpetrator suicide. This cluster of cases were unusual in that there had been no prior agency involvement and, it appeared, minimal previous violence. This report addresses the knowledge of informal network members
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Domestic Violence Research Report Statistics Violence Against Women
Map of Gaps: The Postcode Lottery of Violence Against Women Support Services
Map of Gaps shows graphically for the first time the real postcode lottery in violence against women support services such as Rape Crisis Centres and domestic violence refuges. A third of local authorities across the UK do not have specialised services, leaving many women without the support they deserve.
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Book Chapter
Human Trafficking
Edited by Maggy Lee, Willan Publishing Chapter title: A conducive context: Trafficking of persons in Central Asia
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Research Report
Rape in the 21st Century; Old Behaviours, New Contexts and Emerging Powers
Funded by the ESRC, this project builds on an existing data set and seeks to explore the notion that the treatment of reported rape cases is influenced by stereotyoical notions of ‘real rape’ – committed by strangers, occurring in outdoor locations and involving weapons and injury – and that these
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Research Report
It’s just like going to the supermarket’: Men buying sex in East London
This exploratory study extends the limited knowledge base on men who pay for sex. The research explores the decision-making processes of men who pay for sex in the borough of Tower Hamlets, an area of London that has a well-established and visible street soliciting area. The original target group were
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Research Report
From the Outset: Why Violence should be a priority for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
This paper was commissioned by EVAW for the Equality Review, to argue that violence should be a cross-cutting them in the soon to be established Commission on Equality and Human Rights. The paper was updated and launched at an event hosted by the Equality and Diversity Forum, and has prompted
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Book Chapter
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Chapter title: Sexual Violence and Rape
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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
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Resource Violence Against Women
Violence against women: A briefing document on international issues and responses
An updated and revised version of the original British Council Briefing Document published in 1999. This revised document is an introduction to definitions, scale and impact of violence against women, relationship with development and exploration of responses.
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Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence Against Women
Inside Outsiders: Mainstreaming Violence Against Women into Human Rights Discourse and Practice
Journal name: International Feminist Journal of Politics Journal page: Vol. 7 No, 4, 2005
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Journal Article Violence Against Women
Campaigning to end violence against women
Published by Women’s Aid Federation of England (WAFE) Journal name: Safe: The Domestic Abuse Quarterly Journal page: Issue 15 Autumn 2005 p. 4
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Journal Article Trafficking
“You Can Find Anything You Want”: A Critical Reflection on Research on Trafficking in Persons within and into Europe
Special Issue of International Migration, Vol. 43 (1/2) 2005, p 235. Also printed in Laczko, F. & Gozdziak, E. (eds.), Data and Research on Human Trafficking: A Global Survey, Geneva, IOM p. 235. Available to view at the IOM Website. Journal name: International Migration Journal page: 235 –
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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
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Book Chapter Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Europe Legislation
Family Violence and Police Response
Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch (eds.), Ashgate (publishers) Chapter title: Moving in the Same or Different Directions? Reflections on Recent Developments in Domestic Violence Legislation in Europe
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Research Report Trafficking
Fertile Fields: Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia
This report is the result of a survey conducted for the International Organistion on Migration (IOM). The survey collected data on trafficking to and from the five Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The report explores; Definitions of trafficking, in particular UN definitions; The extent and
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Policy Research Report Violence Against Women
What a Waste: The Case for an Integrated Violence Against Women Strategy
Commissioned by the Women’s National Commission (WNC), this puts forward an argument for an integrated, long-term government-led strategy for addressing violence against women and girls. Analysis was undertaken of the most recent targets and initiatives of all government departments in order to assess the extent to which gender equality and
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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
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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
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Policy Prostitution Research Report Trafficking Violence Against Women
CEDAW Thematic Shadow Report: Violence Against Women in the UK
The Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women is a United Nations Treaty Body, whose task is to oversea the implementation of the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This Committee considers reports made by governments, and when
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Children Effects of/surviving violence Journal Article Prostitution Trafficking
The perils of inclusion and exclusion: International debates on the status of trafficked women as victims
Journal name: International Review of Victimology Journal page: 11; 33-47
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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
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Evaluation Prostitution Research Research Report Support Projects Young People
Worth Less Or Worth More? An Evaluation of The Maze Marigold Project
This report brings together the findings of an evaluation of The Maze Marigold Project, which works with girls and young women involved in prostitution in Spitalfields. The evaluation, which was undertaken as a co-operative venture between The Maze and CWASU, assesses the progress and performance of the Project against its
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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
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Europe Feminist Activism/Campaigning Policy Research Research Report Self Defence Violence Against Women
Achievements Against the Grain: Self-Defence Training for Women and Girls in Europe
This report is based on a one-year Daphne funded study undertaken to analyse the development of women’s self-defence (WSD), provide an overview of the current levels of provision, and explore the cultural and structural barriers that frame WSD across Europe. Project: Anti-Violence (Self-Defence) Training: a key aspect of
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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
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Europe Legislation Policy Prostitution Research Report Violence Against Women
A Critical Examination of Responses to Prostitution in Four Countries: Victoria-Australia, Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden
This review was commissioned by the Routes Out Partnership Board. Responses to prostitution in four countries is explored, and the following issues are addressed; The current approach to prostitution The previous approach The impetus/rationale for change from the previous position The long and short term aims of the approach The
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Book Children Domestic Violence
Stop Hitting Mum!’ Children Talk about domestic violence
This is a touching book which demonstrates how children suffer. The authors interviewed 54 children who had lived with domestic violence, and this book quotes what these children had to say about how they feel.
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Definitions Feminist Theory Policy Position Paper Trafficking
The Wrong Debate: Reflections on why Force is not the Key Issue with respect to Trafficking Women for Sexual Exploitation
This short piece is a contribution to the debates within feminism and beyond about trafficking in women. Liz Kelly argues that most definitions of trafficking are wider than ‘force’ and that focusing on ‘force’ alone plays into the hands of traffickers and exploiters. Printed in Feminist Review: Exile and Asylum
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Research Report
Journeys of Jeopardy: A Review of Research on Trafficking in Women and Children in Europe
The aims of this review are not merely to summarise what we know today about the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation, but also to organise the material into key themes; critically assess the knowledge base and identify gaps and future challenges. Focusing on trafficking from, into and
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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
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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
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Policy Research Research Report Statistics Young People
Teenage Tolerance: Exploring Young People’s Experience and Responses to Violence and Abuse
CWASU undertook the research design, analysis and production of this report for Dublin Women’s Aid. It examines young peoples’ views on personal safety and danger; their encounters with interpersonal violence, committed both against themselves and against others known to them; their definitions of rape, sexual harassment and violence; safe and
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Domestic Violence Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence by women
Explaining lesbian domestic violence
Journal name: Lesbian Network Journal page: Spring 2002 (67)
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Book Children Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Policy Research Statistics
Children’s Perspectives on Domestic Violence
The research methodology and the problems encountered when studying a subject such as domestic violence, coupled with the ethical problems of researching with children, are discussed at length in the book. This gives a good insight into the intricacies of conducting such a research study. The research looked not only
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Book Chapter Domestic Violence Europe Evaluation Perpetrators Violence Against Women
Recommendationd of t he E.U: Expert Meeting on Violence Against Women
Laura Keeler (Ed.), (2001), Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Report 2000:13, pp 78-84. Expert Meeting held 8-10 November 1999, Jyväskylä, Finland. Chapter title: Evaluation of Programmes for Perpetarors of Domestic Violence
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Book Chapter Children Domestic Violence Support Projects
What Works in Reducing Domestic Violence? A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals
Julie Taylor-Brown (ed.), 2001, Whiting and Birch Ltd. Chapter title: Supporting women and children in their communities: outreach and advocacy approaches to domestic violence
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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
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Book Chapter Children Criminal Justice System
Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice
Helen L. Westcott, Graham M. Davies and Ray H.C. Bull (eds.), John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Chapter title: Remembering the point: a feminist perspective on children’s evidence
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Feminist Theory Journal Article Trafficking
World Trade Organisation
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: -42
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Europe Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence Against Women
Guest editors’ introduction
Journal name: Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal Journal page: 7(7); 727-731 Available from: Sage Publications
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Book Chapter Evaluation Perpetrators
Tavoitteena Uhrin Turvallisuus
Marie Rautava and Sirkka Perttu (eds.), Stakes (publisher) Chapter title: Evaluation of programmes for perpetrators
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Criminal Justice System Definitions Domestic Violence Research Report Violence Against Women
Challenging Violence Against Women: The Canadian Experience
This report is based on an investigative study of policy responses to violence against women in Canada, a country that was at the forefront of policy development in this field during the 1990s. It showcases this innovative work for a UK audience of policy makers, professionals, academics and activists.
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Definitions Feminist Theory Journal Article Trafficking
From rhetoric to curiosity: urgent questions from the UK about responses to trafficking in women
Journal name: Asian Women Journal page: Winter 2001, (13)
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Conference Paper Europe Perpetrators Policy
From Aspirations to Intervention: Trends, Issues, Priorities and Lessons Learned
In this paper Liz Kelly notes some of the emerging trends in protecting children against sexual exploitation in Europe, focusing in particular on some of the more contentious and difficult challenges to our thinking on this issue. The paper outlines the most appropriate ways to protect children from exploitation of
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Policy Professorial Lecture Violence Against Women
From Marginal to Globalised Issue: Three Decades of Research and Activism on Violence Against Women
This is the text of Liz Kelly’s ‘Inaugural Professorial Lecture’, given at the (then) University of North London on July 4th 2001. It comprises a personal reflection on a history of visionary activism and engaged social research – three decades representing her feminist biography and the latter two her career
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Feminist Theory Position Paper Trafficking
World Trade Organisation
The new buzzword in economic and social analysis is globalisation, but few commentators have bothered to address it in relation to the sex industry. Here Liz Kelly looks at the ways trafficking in women has become a global issue, and at what we know about it in relation to the
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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
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Feminist Theory Policy Resource Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women: The UK Context
Governance Information Pack China, (2000) (for The British Council).
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Resource Training Violence Against Women
The VIP Guide: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism in Policing Violence Against Women and Children
The title of this document refers to three aspects of police work that can transform responses to violence against women: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism. The VIP Guide is an awareness-raising tool; it is designed for self-directed study and personal development by individual police officers and also has a second subsidiary
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Legislation Policy Research Research Report Support Projects Young People
Rhetorics and Realities: Sexual Exploitation of Children in Europe
This report is based on a research proposal developed in partnership by CWASU (lead partner), Dublin Women’s Aid, Ireland and ROKS, Sweden. The trans-European Project collected detailed data from justice departments, state agencies and NGOs concerning a broad range of issues related to the sexual exploitation of children. Project:
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Children Domestic Violence Journal Article Policy
Complexities and contradictions: living with domestic violence and the UN Convention on Children’s Rights
Journal name: The International Journal of Children’s Rights Journal page: 8; 229-241
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children
Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse: Influencing Policy and Practice – A Reader
Catherine Itzin (ed.), Routledge Chapter title: Sexual exploitation: a new discovery or one part of the continuum of sexual abuse in childhood?
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children
Essays on Issues in Applied Developmental Psychology and Child Psychiatry
Amer A. Hosin (ed.), The Edwin Mellen Press Chapter title: Childhoods marked by abuse and violence: legacies of harm
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Criminal Justice System Legislation Policy Research Research Report Statistics Trafficking
Stopping Traffic: Exploring the Extent of, and Responses to, Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation in the UK
This report presents the findings of research carried out to assess the nature and extent of trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation and the law enforcement responses in the UK. This study is primarily based on a survey of police forces, placing this within the wider context
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Harassment Legislation Violence Against Women
Women, Violence and Strategies for Action: Feminist Research, Policy and Practice
Jill Radford, Melissa Friedberg and Lynne Harne (eds.), Open University Press Chapter title: Stalking and paedophilia: ironies and contradictions in the politics of naming and legal reform
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory
Child Sexual Assault: Feminist Perspectives
Pat Cox, Sheila Kershaw and Joy Trotter (eds.), Palgrave Chapter title: Foreword – Disconnections or connections: or will we ever learn?
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Book Chapter Children Domestic Violence Support Projects
Home Truths About Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice – A Reader
Jalna Hanmer and Catherine Itzin (eds.), Routledge Chapter title: Unsung innovation: the history of work with children in UK domestic violence refuges
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Resource Training Violence Against Women
Capacity building programme for the police to combat violence against women
In Police and Human Rights – Beyond 2000: Report of the Final Working Conference organised under the Programme ‘Police and Human Rights 1997-2000’ and the Launch Conference of the Programme ‘Police and Human Rights – Beyond 2000’, (2000) The Council of Europe.
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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
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Feminist Theory Journal Article
The idea of patriarchy: a review essay
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 38; 15-20
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning
Feminisms on Edge: Politics, Discourses and National Identities
.Oerton (ed.), Cardiff Academic Press Chapter title: Feminism, feminisms: fighting back for women’s liberation
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Book Chapter Domestic Violence Feminist Theory Support Projects
The Multi-Agency Approach to Domestic Violence: New Opportunities, Old Challenges?
Nicola Harwin, Gill Hague and Ellen Malos (eds.), Whiting and Birch Ltd. Chapter title: What happened to the ‘F’ and ‘P’ words? Feminist reflections on inter-agency forums and the concept of partnership
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Book Chapter Policy Violence Against Women
New Agendas for Women
Sylvia Walby, (ed.), Macmillan Chapter title: Violence against women: a neglect of policy or a policy of neglect?
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Evaluation Research Research Report Statistics
Domestic Violence Matters: An Evaluation of a Development Project
This report documents the multi-methodological evaluation of ‘Domestic Violence Matters’ (DVM), an adaptation of a Canadian project – the Family Consultancy Service (London, Ontario) – which involves locating a team of skilled civilian support workers within the police service to follow up police responses to domestic violence. This report can
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Children Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Policy Research Research Report Statistics Young People
Children’s Needs, Coping Strategies and Understanding of Woman Abuse
This multi-methodological study sought to discover how both children and young people understand domestic violence and how those who have lived with it cope with, and make sense, of their experiences. The primary themes of this research were children’s general understandings and perception of domestic violence; including whether they see
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Journal Article
Confronting an atrocity: the Dutroux case
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 36; 16-22
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Definitions Research Research Report Violence Against Women Violence by women Young People
Young People’s Attitudes Towards Violence, Sex and Relationships: A Survey and Focus Group Study
This study investigated young people’s attitudes towards violence, sex and relationships drawing upon a large-scale survey and in-depth focus groups. The study findings highlight the extent to which young people tolerate violence against women and documents widespread acceptance of forced sex and physical violence among young women, and to
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Effects of/surviving violence Research Research Report Statistics
Legacies of Abuse – “It’s More Complicated Than That”: A Qualitative Study of the Meaning and Impacts of Sexual Abuse in Childhood
The primary objective of this study was to explore the ways in which the gender and age of victim and abuser affected the meanings and impacts of sexual abuse in childhood in a non-clinical sample of women and men. The study includes a review of the literature on the influence
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Journal Article Violence Against Women
Between context and continents: feminist activism in South Asia
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 37; 12-22
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Journal Article Research Violence Against Women
Making connections – building bridges: research into action – ten years of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
Journal name: The British Journal of Social Work Journal page: 28; 601-613
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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
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Children Domestic Violence Journal Article Support Projects
Working with children in women’s refuges
Journal name: Child and Family Social Work Journal page: 3: 87-98
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Perpetrators Research Report Support Projects
Supporting Women and Challenging Men: Lessons from the Domestic Violence Intervention Project
This is the report of a CWASU evaluation of the Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP) based in West London. Both arms of DVIP, the Violence Prevention Programme (VPP) which works with violent men and the Women’s Support Service (WSS) were evaluated. This is a process (rather than strictly an outcome)
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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
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Position Paper
Confronting An Atrocity: The Dutroux Case
Marc Dutroux kidnapped and sexually abused a number of young Belgian women. When the case came to light in the summer of 1996 it prompted outrage and raised serious questions about both the investigation and how societies should respond to sex offenders.
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Feminist Theory Policy Resource Violence Against Women
Final Report of Activities of the EG-S-VL (Group of Specialists for Combating Violence Against Women): The COE Plan of Action for Combating Violence Against Women
This Group of Specialists for combating violence against women was established to develop this Plan of Action under the auspices of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Journal Article
The Abduction of Credibility: A reply to John Paley
Journal name: The British Journal of Social Work Journal page: 27; 71-84
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Journal Article Policy Violence Against Women Young People
Struggling with Contradictions: Young Women, Heterosexuality and Sexual Violence
Journal name: Youth and Policy Journal page: 41 (2)
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Conference Paper Feminist Activism/Campaigning Research Violence Against Women
Making Connections – Building Bridges: Research into Action – Ten Years of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
This paper is an overview of the work and perspective of CWASU between 1987 and 1997. It has involved much summarising and selection, and inevitably means some areas have been neglected, others emphasised. Rather than offer a bland outline of the work that has been undertaken, Liz Kelly, Linda Regan
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Children Domestic Violence Feminist Theory Journal Article Policy
When woman protection is the best kind of child protection: children, domestic violence and child abuse
Journal name: Administration Journal Journal (Dublin), 44 ; pages 118-135
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Book Chapter Feminist Theory Research Violence Against Women
Women, Violence and Male Power: Feminist Research, Activism and Practice.
Marianne Hester, Liz Kelly and Jill Radford (eds.), Open University Press Chapter title: When does the speaking profit us? Reflections on the challenges of developing feminist perspectives on abuse and violence by women.
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Book Chapter Domestic Violence Violence Against Women
Future Interventions with Battered Women and their Families
Jeff Edleson and Zvi Eisikovits (eds.), Sage Books Chapter title: Tensions and possibilities: Enhancing informal responses to domestic violence.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Journal Article Perpetrators
Weasel words: paedophilia and the cycle of abuse
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 33; 44-49 (Reprinted in Action Against Child Sexual Abuse and the NOTA Newsletter 1997)
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Book Chapter
Women, Violence and Male Power: Feminist Research, Activism and Practice.
Marianne Hester, Liz Kelly and Jill Radford (eds.), Open University Press. Chapter title: “Nothing really happened”: the invalidation of women’s experiences of sexual violence
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Domestic Violence Journal Article Legislation Policy
The front and the back door – recent changes in legal responses to domestic violence
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal issue: 32 Journal page: 9-17
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning Research Violence Against Women
Women, Violence and Male Power: Feminist Research, Activism and Practice.
Marianne Hester, Liz Kelly and Jill Radford (eds.), Open University Press Chapter title: Introduction.
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Children Domestic Violence Policy Research Research Report Support Projects Young People
Children, Domestic Violence and Refuges: A Study of Needs and Responses
This report describes a research study that investigated work with children in refuges for women and children experiencing domestic violence.
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Book Chapter Feminist Theory Violence Against Women
Sexualising the Social: Power and the Organisation of Sexuality
In this chapter we examine recent debates about the meaning of sexual victimization.
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Book Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Policy Research Violence Against Women
Women, Violence and Male Power: Feminist Research, Activism and Practice
This book presents 12 papers that have stemmed from the work of the researchers and activists.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Perpetrators Position Paper
Weasel Words: Paedophiles and the Cycle of Abuse
Weasel words - Liz Kelly challenges feminists who talk about paedophiles and the cycle of abuse.
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory
(Hetero)sexual Politics
Mary Maynard and June Purvis (eds.), Taylor and Francis Chapter 12: Self-preservation: feminist activism and feminist jurisprudence
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Book Chapter
No Right Way: Voices of Mothers of Incest Survivors
Tracie Orr, Scarlet Press Chapter title: Introductory chapter Publication date 01 Apr 1995 Publisher Scarlet Press Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom Language English ISBN10 1857270878 ISBN13 9781857270877
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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
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Legislation Policy Research Report Statistics
Splintered Lives: Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Context of Children’s Rights and Child Protection
This document arose out of the work of the European Forum for Child Welfare, drawing on papers and discussions from two European conferences on Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation held in London and Brussels in 1995. The report summarises what is currently known about the sexual exploitation of children; documents
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Feminist Theory Journal Article
Stuck in the middle – a plea for feminist praxis
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue 29/30, pages: 46-50
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning
Feminist Activism in the 1990s
Violence against women is one of the issues around which feminist activism has been most evident.
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Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence Against Women
Wars against women
Wars against women - Hilary McCollum, Liz Kelly and Jill Radford unravel sexual war crimes.
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Book Chapter Children Domestic Violence Policy Research Violence Against Women
Children Living with Domestic Violence: Putting Men’s Abuse of Women on the Childcare Agenda
Audrey Mullender and Rebecca Morley (eds.), Whiting and Birch 1994 Chapter title: The interconnectedness of domestic violence and child abuse: challenges for research, policy and practice.
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Research
Researching Women’s Lives from a Feminist Perspective (Gender & Society: Feminist Perspectives on the Past & Present)
Mary Maynard and June Purvis (eds.), Taylor and Francis. Chapter 2: Researching women’s lives or studying women’s oppression? Reflections on what constitutes feminist debate. Pages: 27-38
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Book Chapter Children Domestic Violence
The Links Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Developing Services
Hackney Council Women’s Unit Chapter title: Exploring the connections and implications: children, domestic violence and child abuse Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2019-2022
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Definitions Journal Article Research Review
Organised abuse: a review of the literature
Journal name: Child Abuse Review Journal page: 2 (4)
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Book Chapter Children Effects of/surviving violence Policy
Surviving Childhood Adversity: Issues for Policy and Practice
Harry Ferguson, Robbie Gilligan and Ruth Torode (eds.), Dublin, Social Studies Press Chapter title: Beyond victim to survivor: the implications of knowledge about children’s resistance and avoidance strategies
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Effects of/surviving violence Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence Against Women
Discourses on damage
Journal name: Agenda, page: 16; 19-32
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Children Disability Resource Training
Multiple needs/multiple oppression’. In ABCD: Abuse and Children who are Disabled – A Training and Resource Pack, Department of Health, London.
Available from: The Department of Health Department of Health PO Box 777 London SE1 6XH Telephone: 08701 555455 Fax: 01623 724524 E-mail: doh@prolog.uk.com www.dh.gov.uk
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Book Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Research Violence Against Women
Abuse of Women and Children: A Feminist Response
The papers in this monograph explore three related areas: Organised child sexual abuse, domestic violence and joint working between agencies dealing with child abuse. They represent the thinking of the London Metropolitan University’s Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit (formerly the Child Abuse Studies Unit). The Unit’s work approaches the
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Book Chapter Feminist Theory Research
Working Out: New Directions For Women’s Studies
Edited By: Hilary Hinds, Ann Phoenix, Jackie Stacey, The Falmer Press Chapter 13, pages 143-154: Defending the indefensible? Quantitative Methods and Feminist Research
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Book Chapter Criminal Justice System Effects of/surviving violence Perpetrators
Beyond Containment: The Penal Response to Sex Offending
Prison Reform Trust Chapter title: “And what happened to him?” Survivors’ perspectives on policy in relation to sex offenders
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Pornography
Pornography, Women, Violence and Civil Liberties: A Radical New View
Catherine Itzin (ed.), Oxford University Press Chapter title: Pornography and child sexual abuse
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Book Chapter Children Policy
Voicing Concerns: Sociological Knowledge and Education Policy
Madeleine Arnot and Len Hutton (eds.), Triangle Books Chapter 2: Not in front of the children: responding to right-wing agendas on sexuality and education, pages 20-40
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Disability Journal Article Research Review
The connections between child abuse and disability: a review of the research evidence
Two possible connections between disability and abuse are explored.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Journal Article
Outrageous injustice
Journal name: Inside Child Sexual Abuse: Community Care Supplement Journal 25; pages: ii-iii
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Theory Journal Article Violence Against Women
Demons, devils and denial: towards a feminist understanding of ritual/satanic abuse
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 22; 33-35 http://www.troubleandstrife.org/issues/Issue22_FullScan.pdf
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Domestic Violence Journal Article Legislation
Change the law: options for reform of the law on murder and manslaughter
Change the law (2) — Jill Radford and Liz Kelly suggest options for legal reform.
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Journal Article Violence by women
Unspeakable acts: women who abuse
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue: 21; pages 13-20
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Definitions Domestic Violence Research Research Report Statistics
An Exploratory Study of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse in a Sample of 16-21 Year Olds
This report focuses primarily on the overall prevalence of sexual abuse among a representative sample of young people, the forms of abuse they have experienced, the ages at which they occurred and the relationship between victim and abuser. A detailed questionnaire was completed by 1,244 students aged 16-21 attending seven Further Education Colleges in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Domestic Violence Policy Resource Training
Challenging Domestic Violence: A Training and Resource Pack
This Training and Resource Pack was aimed at anyone wanting to address domestic violence in their work or community setting. It was based on the Multi-Disciplinary Training for Trainers course conducted by the authors in 1989. The Pack was designed to provide simple ideas for organising and conducting training around
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Journal Article Pornography Violence Against Women
Abuse in the making: the production and use of pornography
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue: 19; pages 34-39
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Feminist Theory Journal Article
Taking the long view — Liz Kelly reviews ‘Passionate Politics’ by Charlotte Bunch
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue: 18; pages 29-35
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Book Chapter Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Violence Against Women
Feminist Perspectives in Criminology
Lorraine Gelsthorpe and Alison Morris (eds.), Open University Press Chapter title: Journeying in reverse: methodology in feminist work on sexual violence
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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
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Journal Article
Flawed protection
Journal name: Social Work Today Journal page: April; 9-11
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Journal Article Violence by women
With our own hands: abuse between women
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 20; 14-15 (Reprinted in Connexions, 1991)
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Journal Article
Bitter ironies: The professionalisation of child sexual abuse
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue 16; pages 14-21
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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
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Domestic Violence Policy Research Research Report Support Projects
“What Support?” An Exploratory Study of Council Policy and Practice and Local Support Services in the Area of Domestic Violence within Hammersmith and Fulham
This is the report of an eight-month study of the services available to women who experience domestic violence in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. By way of a literature review, and questionnaires and interviews completed by workers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors and women who have experienced
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Book Chapter Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Violence Against Women
Learning Our Lines: Sexuality and Education
Carol Jones and Pat Mahoney (eds.), Women’s Press Chapter title: Our lives, our issues: two decades of feminist work on sexual violence
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Health Journal Article Rape
The Medicalisation of Rape
Journal name: Rights of Women Bulletin Journal page: Spring/Summer; 8-11.
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Journal Article
Talking about a revolution: reflections on Cleveland
In the week before the Cleveland Inquiry released the Butler-Sloss report, a Feminist Coalition (Feminists Against Child Sexual Abuse) issued a press statement and briefing document. The coalition includes individual women and groups from all over Britain and their goal was to claim a voice in the so-called 'Great Debate*. Their voice and their analysis was ignored. LIZ KELLY reports from the Coalition — setting the record straight.
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Book Chapter Feminist Theory Legislation
Feminism and Censorship
Gail Chester and Julienne Dickey (eds.), Prism Books Chapter title: The US ordinances: censorship or radical law reform?
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Book Chapter Definitions Domestic Violence Feminist Theory Violence Against Women
Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse
Michelle Bograd and Kersti Yllo (eds.), Sage Chapter title: How women define their experiences
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Definitions Journal Article
What’s in a name? Defining child sexual abuse
Journal name: Feminist Review
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Book Chapter Violence Against Women
Women, Violence and Social Control
Jalna Hanmer and Mary Maynard (eds.), Macmillan Chapter title: The continuum of sexual violence
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Book Chapter Feminist Theory Legislation Violence Against Women
Law, Order and the Authoritarian State
Phil Scraton (ed.), OUP Chapter title: The problem of men: feminist perspectives on sexual violence
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Journal Article
The new defeatism: a review of “Is the future female?”
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 11; 13-17
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Journal Article Pornography
Feminist v feminist: legislating against pornography in the USA
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Issue 7; pages 4-10 (Translated and reprinted in Nouvelle Questionnes Feministe,1986)
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Book Chapter Violence Against Women
Women Against Violence Against Women
Dusty Rhodes and Sandra McNeill (eds.) Onlywomen Press Chapter title: The things they say – and unfortunately believe.
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Feminist Theory Journal Article Perpetrators Research
Some thoughts on feminist experience in research on male sexual violence
Journal name: Studies in Sexual Politics Journal page: 2 Available from: Manchester University.
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Feminist Activism/Campaigning Feminist Theory Journal Article
Women’s studies or women studying?
Journal name: Feminist Review Journal page: -13
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Journal Article Perpetrators Research
“Sharing a particular pain”: researching male violence
Journal name: Trouble and Strife Journal page: 3;16-20