A5019226142- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Sex work and related issues
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- American Sports and Literature
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Jury Decision Making Processes
- Gender Politics and Representation
Anglia Ruskin University
2021-2023
This commentary responds to claims that research by Cheryl Thomas ‘shows’ no problem with rape myths in English and Welsh juries. We critique the claim on basis of ambiguous survey design, a false distinction between ‘real’ jurors other participants, conflation attitudes relation abstract versus applied myths, misleading interpretation data. Ultimately, we call for balanced appraisal individual studies contextualising them against wider literature.
The British state’s mechanism for compensating victim-survivors of sexual offences has been critiqued as retraumatising. However, a recent review preliminarily rejected calls to loosen the eligibility rules, stating that current criteria reflect public attitudes. This article outlines first empirical study opinion on UK Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS), drawing data from over 2,000 survey participants. findings show ambivalence among members public, but also reveal rules are not...
There have been growing concerns about the malleability of digital communications evidence and its potential to reinforce embedded rape myths cultural narratives that undermine victim-survivors in sexual offences trials. is however a paucity research exploring this issue practice, none England Wales. This article therefore uses two case studies, drawn from court observation 2019, explore how used English In both studies prosecution argued between defendant victim-survivor constituted...