Rape myth acceptance is considered an established risk factor for male-on-female sexual
violence, and is therefore the target of a number of primary prevention programmes …

Times of economic uncertainty, civil unrest, and disaster are linked to a myriad of risk factors
for increased violence against women and children (VAW/C). Pandemics are no exception …

The infusion of digital technology into contemporary society has had significant effects for
everyday life and for everyday crimes. Digital Criminology: Crime and Justice in Digital …

In the award-winning Just Sex? The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape, Nicola Gavey provides an
extensive commentary on the existing literature on rape, analysing recent research to …

This article provides a critical review of current literature on the sexual assault of older
women—including an exploration of the specific features and emotional and physical …

Communications technologies are being used in varying ways to perpetrate and extend the
harm of sexual violence and harassment against women and girls. Yet little scholarship has …

The use of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence is highly contentious. Some argue
that it may trivialize violence against women, revictimize the vulnerable, and endanger the …

Emerging scholarship has considered the potential for online spaces to function as sites of
informal justice. To date, there has been little consideration of the experiences of individuals …

This report documents findings from the National Community Attitudes towards Violence
against Women Survey (NCAS) and considers them in the context of other related research …

Justice for rape victims has become synonymous with punitive state punishment. Taking
rape seriously is equated with increasing convictions and prison sentences and …