Sexual Violence on Trial: Local and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Crime and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367521318 ISBN 13: 9780367521318

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Sexual Violence on Trial provides a contemporary critical examination of the investigation, prosecution and cultural contexts of sexual violence. It draws on Northern Ireland as a case study, while also drawing on experiences from other jurisdictions across the United Kingdom and island of Ireland.

Public and academic debates concerning the high-profile ‘Belfast/Rugby Rape Trial’ and the subsequent Gillen review of the arrangements to deliver justice in serious sexual offence cases have been mirrored at a global level with movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp. This book brings together the perspectives of practitioners and academics to discuss contemporary challenges surrounding the societal and legal framing of sexual violence. It examines key aspects of the criminal justice process including the challenges of supporting victims; of responding to a range of forms of sexual violence such as rape, peer abuse, intimate partner violence and forced-to-penetrate cases; as well as alternative perspectives and future reforms. It also considers broader debates including balancing the interests of victims and defendants; the impact of cultural myths and stereotypes; the challenges of the digital age; models of consent; legal representation for victims and anonymity and publicity surrounding trials.

Written by leading authorities in the field, Sexual Violence on Trial will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Law and Sociology.

About this title

About the Author

Rachel Killean is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University Belfast.

Eithne Dowds is Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University Belfast.

Anne-Marie McAlinden is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Queen’s University Belfast.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367521318
• ISBN 13: 9780367521318
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: Killean Rachel, Dowds Eithne, McAlinden Anne-Marie