Rape Justice [electronic resource] : Beyond the Criminal Law /
Henry, Nicola.editor.
Powell, Anastasia.editor.
Flynn, Asher.editor.
This book explores the burgeoning interest in alternative and innovative justice responses to sexual violence both within and outside the legal system. It explores the limits of criminal law for achieving 'rape justice' and highlights possibilities for expanding how we think about justice in the aftermath of sexual violence.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1 The Promise and Paradox of Justice: Rape Justice Beyond the Criminal Law""; ""2 A Fair Way to Go: Justice for Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence""; ""3 Sexual Violence and Justice: How and Why Context Matters""; ""4 Reassessing the Place of Criminal Law Reform in the Struggle Against Sexual Violence: A Critique of the Critique of Carceral Feminism""; ""5 When Yes Actually Means Yes: Confusing Messages and Criminalising Consent""
""6 Sexual Violence and Innovative Responses to Justice: Interrupting the ?Recognisable? Narrative""""7 Retribution, Redress and the Harms of Rape: The Role of Tort Law""; ""8 The European Court of Human Rights as a Mechanism of Justice for Rape Victims: Contributions and Limitations""; ""9 Reforms, Customs and Resilience: Justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Liberia""; ""10 The Pandemic of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Political Economy of Gender Inequality""
""11 Combatting Violence Against Indigenous Women: Reconciliation as Decolonisation for Canada?s Stolen Sisters""""12 The Law of the People: Civil Society Tribunals and Wartime Sexual Violence""; ""13 Seeking Informal Justice Online: Vigilantism, Activism and Resisting a Rape Culture in Cyberspace""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book explores the burgeoning interest in alternative and innovative justice responses to sexual violence both within and outside the legal system. It explores the limits of criminal law for achieving 'rape justice' and highlights possibilities for expanding how we think about justice in the aftermath of sexual violence.
Social policy.
Criminology.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Criminal law.
Social Policy.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Gender Studies.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Sociology, general.