This article explores the persistence of narratives of force and resistance in rape trials,
informed by a thematic analysis of rape trial transcripts from the County Court of Victoria …

Helen Jones is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Helen's research and teaching interests include the politics of gender violence, critical …

After decades of rape law reform, it is still being argued that the criminal justice system fails
rape victims, that too few cases are prosecuted and too few prosecutions result in conviction …

This path-breaking book provides a comparative analysis of public discourses in France and
Australia on a series of highly mediatised racialised gang rapes that occurred during the …

This article examines the concept of consent in the context of rape and sexual violence
within the framework of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Lack of consent is not …

This book seeks to understand how women judges are situated as legal knowers on the
High Court of Australia by asking whether a near-equal gender balance on the High Court …

Jennifer M. Brown and Sandra L. Walklate Page 1 Handbook on Sexual Violence Edited by
Jennifer M. Brown and Sandra L. Walklate Page 2 15/9/11/FinalA Handbook on Sexual …

Hale's dictum about conjugal rights suggests that imagination plays an important role in the
propagation of legal fictions as the basis for enduring legal judgments. Imagination is no …

In this paper we briefly focus on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) and the Australian
legal response, using recent Court judgements and Heather Wishik's feminist jurisprudence …

This thesis is a comparative analysis of the public discourses in France and Australia on a
series of highly mediatised gang rapes. In the context of Australia, the 'Sydney gang rapes' …