... in safeguarding and child/athlete welfare more broadly. Sport abuse sexual violence safeguarding lived experience survivor The voices of individuals victimised within the context of sport have become more prominent in recent years. This has mainly pertained to victims of child sexual abuse in sport...

...Abstract In this chapter, I share the power-conscious framework as a tool for examining sexual violence among college students. The framework consists of three assumptions: power is omnipresent, power and identity are inextricably linked, and history matters. The framework includes six action...

...As described above, one of the significant aspects of the history of sexual violence awareness-raising includes making people aware of the prevalence and type of sexual violence happening on college campuses. Today, the message that one in four women will experience sexual violence in her college...

... is correlated with sexual violence, it is not the cause of sexual violence. In fact, researchers indicate that alcohol only exacerbates the sociocultural factors surrounding sexual violence on college campuses, rather than creating the sociocultural factors (Gray et al., 2017). In other words, even if college...

...Abstract In this chapter, I reintroduce the power-conscious framework and the awareness–response–prevention trifecta undergirding this book. I summarize the previous chapters, including critiques of best practices related to addressing sexual violence among college students. I then highlight...

... in the age group of 18–60 years who self-identified as having experienced sexual abuse during childhood. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit participants through organizations and individuals working in the areas of sexual violence, child abuse, gender and sexuality or children's rights. All...

... and exemplify a superficial attempt to address sexual violence within the organization. What results is a culture of silence, poor leadership, and the normalization of violence within HC. Our chapter contributes to the genderwashing literature, through the development and application of genderwashing...

... and offenders of sexual offences, the institutional responses of the courts and suggests reforms to the criminal justice system in India in consonance with the principles of restorative justice acknowledged in the restorative justice movement in the international discourse. Sexual violence victim’s rights...

... no sisters, no mothers who helped them? Our history is very unbalanced’ ( August, 1990 , p. 332). Herstory sex workers segregation sexual violence stigma poverty Introduction The role of men in the struggle against apartheid is one that is told repeatedly from the male point of view. That of the women...

... to spotlighting sexual violence can, as Professor of Sociology Maggie O’Neill (2004 , p. 218) suggests, ‘help audiences to gain a rich understanding of the complexity of lived experience, that may throw light on broader structures, process and practices’. For criminologists, the materiality of these patchwork...

... provoked a huge amount of public commentary for more than three and a half decades after her conviction. This chapter asks how Hindley's actions were understood and interpreted at the time. Central themes are the concept ‘evil’, sexual violence, pornography, permissive society and patriarchy, as refracted...

.... It will make the case that NCVS – often dismissed as ‘rough sex gone wrong’ – is a particularly insidious form of violence against women and girls. The chapter will highlight how women’s sense-making processes around NCVS are often hampered by legal definitions of sexual violence, which left women wondering...

...Abstract Congress has spilled a good deal of ink in an attempt to support survivors of sexual assault and to prevent sexual violence from occuring. Legislation has been passed to address and prevent sexual assault in the military environment, higher education, and even within various government...

... interests of the women working in the industry, in what areas meaningful reform might occur. Japan prostitution sexual violence women's rights sexuality sexual norms The relationship between prostitution and violence is complex, nuanced and contested and in Japan this is especially true. ¹...

...Abstract The Japanese legal system has several significant, deep-rooted and widely recognised flaws, one of which has been a history of weak support for the needs of victims of sexual violence. This structure of prosecutorial apathy has meant that female victims, and wider society, have been...

... of the ‘commercial interests’ of Serco under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This lack of transparency in relation to sexual violence will be explored further in the last part. 1(a)(i) ‘Transparency’ and ‘Accountability’ Feigenbaum and Jeffrey have defined privatisation in terms...

... surveillance DNA testing sexual violence Introduction While violence against women (VAW) affects a broad spectrum of women and girls in Canada, Indigenous women and girls ¹ are particularly vulnerable ( Canadian Women's Foundation, 2014 ; UN CEDAW, 2015 , p. 3). A conservative estimate suggests...

...Questioning whether or not independent rape crisis centers play a unique role in their communities for survivors of sexual violence and the community at large, O'Sullivan and Carlton (2001) argue that they do: Given their position within society and research indicating that community service...

... behavior as well as unwanted sexual messages and images as common manifestations of rape culture on dating apps. Participants explained that rape culture extends beyond in-app interactions to in-person encounters, as evident by incidents of sexual violence that several participants had experienced and one...

...Abstract The international #metoo campaigns are influenced by local social norms, institutional responses to gender-based sexual violence, and neo-patriarchy. Therefore, some characteristics are highly locally specific. The chapter describes the local characteristics of the #jaztudi...