The Morrison government is counting on the news cycle moving on and protesters giving up.
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Sexual assault
Affichage de 101 à 120 de 322 articles
It’s important for those who engage in BDSM to be aware of the distinction between harmless kink and violence. But it’s also important for BDSM not to be considered a de facto abusive practice.
Ending Canberra’s toxic culture is the rallying point, but women are also taking to the streets because these failures are connected to a systemic culture of sexism in law, politics and policy-making.
Can everyday women expect men to dramatically revise their sexist attitudes like the men surrounding the chess whiz in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’? The MeToo utopia answers: Why shouldn’t they?
A sexual education program in Mexico City provides a blueprint for Australia. It shows how to engage students in conversations about lived experiences, among other effective methods.
When rape allegations are in the news, it can be a traumatic experience for survivors of past sexual violence. But there are ways to shield yourself from further trauma.
Christian Porter appeared at a press conference to deny allegations he raped a then 16-year-old girl in 1988.
A survivor’s choice to disclose should be solely based on their readiness to share their story.
There are many legitimate reasons why survivors of sexual violence may not immediately report to police. But a delay in reporting, in itself, should not affect the credibility of the allegations.
In the wake of high-profile allegations of sexual assault, it is important people know there are informal avenues for survivors to report their stories.
The male privilege in Australia’s parliament has given its members such a sense of exceptionalism, they think the standards of the corporate office should not apply to their workplace.
In 2020, the #MeToo movement caused ripples in Turkey and Iran, renewing attention to gender-based violence and sexual assault.
Criminal trials may hold offenders to account but they are far from perfect. The Victorian Law Reform Commission is looking at how restorative justice could be used for sexual offences.
The Law Reform Commission’s review is a missed opportunity for NSW to lead the way in making affirmative consent the law.
An ex-minister named John Lyford arrived at the nascent colony hoping for a fresh start. But he couldn’t escape his past.
Evidence suggests that the defence of extreme intoxication isn’t rarely used, and is often successful in cases involving male violence against women.
Tinder and similar apps fail to properly address issues of online harm. A lack of policy is to blame, as well as app design features and society’s general attitudes towards more minor cases of abuse.
A scholar who studies Holocaust survivors sees an explanation for why women change their stories of sexual assault, even now in the
MeToo era.
Queensland’s 120-year-old mistake of fact excuse allows defendants to argue they honestly and reasonably believed the other person consented to sex — even if they did not.
New research has found child sex abuse survivors are far more likely to be the victims of a range of crimes as adults. The reasons why – and who is most vulnerable – are complex.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
-
Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
-
Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
-
Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Professor of Psychology & Associate Dean, Georgia State University
-
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
-
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
-
Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
-
Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
-
Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
-
Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
-
Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
