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SERICC receives many requests from students in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world asking for detailed responses from staff and survivors of sexual violence to inform dissertations etc. Due to time restraints and limited resources we are unable to supply you with this information or respond to emails, but here is some info you may find helpful. We wish you good luck with your studies!
The Hidden Marks website was set up as a response to the National Union of Students (NUS) Hidden Marks research report which revealed that 1 in 7 women students that responded to the survey had experienced a serious physical or sexual assault during their time as a student. This website is for women students who have experienced (or who know someone who has experienced) rape and sexual assault, domestic violence/abuse from an intimate partner, physical violence (where the perpetrator is not an intimate partner), stalking and/or sexual harassment. The responsibility for such offences always lies with the perpetrator, and no woman deserves such violence or 'asks for it'.
Visit: www.hiddenmarks.org.uk
'Handbook on Sexual Violence' - Jennifer M. Brown, Sandra L. Walklate
This book contextualises the complexity of sexual violence within its broader context - from war to the resolution of interpersonal disputes - and covers a wide span including sexual harassment, bullying, rape and murder as well as domestic violence. Written by leading academics from a variety of disciplines, contributions also include commentaries that relate the research to the work of practitioners.
Despite advances made in the investigation of sexual offences, evidence still points to a continued belief in the culpability of victims in their own victimization and a gap between the estimated incidence of sexual violence and the conviction of perpetrators. Adopting an implicitly and explicitly critical stance to contemporary policy responses that continue to fail in addressing this problem, this book focuses on attitudes and behaviour towards sexual violence from the point of view of the individual experiencing the violence - perpetrator and victim - and situates them within a broader societal frame. It is through an understanding of social processes and psychological mechanisms that underpin sexual violence that violence can be combated and harm reduced, and at this individual level that evidence-based interventions can be designed to change policy and practice.
This will be a key text for students and academics studying sexual violence and an essential reference tool for professionals working in the field including police officers, probation staff, lawyers and judges.
Available to buy from Amazon at: www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Sexual-Violence-Jennifer-Brown/dp/0415670721
Suggested web links to useful publications
If you are working on a project or dissertation the useful web links will provide you with information about sexual violence in the UK and Europe.
UK
Child & Woman Abuse Studies website - www.cwasu.org
We highly recommend publications by the
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU London Metropolitan University)
Truth About Rape: Student Resources - www.truthaboutrape.co.uk/4898.html
Rape Crisis England & Wales - www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Women's Resource Centre - www.wrc.org.uk
End Violence Against Women - www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
Crime Reduction: Sexual Offences - www.crimereduction.gov.uk/sexualoffences/sexual01.htm
Europe
Women Against Violence Europe - www.wave-network.org
World
United Nation: End Violence - www.un.org/Depts/dhl/violence
United Nations: International Women's Day - www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/2007
Southeast Asia: End Violence - www.wecanendvaw.org
Oxfam: Gender Equality - www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/wecan
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