Essays about: "victim status"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words victim status.

  1. 1. Tragic Tales of ‘Victims’ and ‘Villains’ – A Study on Narratives and Emotions in Danish Rape Trials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristine Louise Kristensen; [2023]
    Keywords : narrative; trial; rape; emotion; genres; story characters; rape myths; court ethnography; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the fact that rape is difficult to prove in court and trials primarily are based on the defendant’s word against the plaintiff’s, it becomes highly significant to study the narratives about rape presented in criminal trials. This thesis is an ethnographic-inspired study conduct-ed in Danish courts from January to May 2023. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Killing Agent : A comparative transitivity analysis of US news headlines regarding killings of and by the civilian and the police officer

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Wendela Rikardsdotter; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency; America; Authority; News; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Media; USA; Police Brutality;

    Abstract : Due to its status and reach, media discourse can shape its reader's perspective on social actors and events, for good and for worse. This thesis investigates 100 headlines retrieved via searches in the NOW corpus, of which 50 portray killings of police officers by civilians and 50 portray the opposite, killings of civilians by police officers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Free(doom) of Expression: An Analysis of the ECtHR’s Application of the ECHR Values and Principles on Case-Law on Freedom of Expression in Türkiye (2003-2022)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Turku Cebi; [2023]
    Keywords : European Court of Human Rights; European Convention on Human Rights; freedom of expression; Article 10; victimhood; victim status; state of exception; parrhesia; dissenting opinions; violation; non-violation; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issue of freedom of expression in the context of Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’ or ‘the Court’) has been widely discussed from legal perspectives. Especially, with the changing political, legal and social dynamics in Turkey within 2003-2022, the case-law of the Court increased by a considerable amount. READ MORE

  5. 4. Victim, According to Whom? : - A Minor Field Study on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children in Cambodia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Elin Laurin; Hanna Fredell; [2022]
    Keywords : APLE; Cambodia; children; sexual exploitation and abuse; the legitimate status of being a victim; APLE; Kambodja; barn; legitim offerroll; sexuellt utnyttjande och övergrepp;

    Abstract : Cambodia is a destination, transit, and source country for child sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and has become particularly vulnerable due to growing tourism, increasing geographic accessibility, and widespread poverty. In the aftermath of SEA, repeated violations of children's rights and deprivation of their childhood occur. READ MORE

  6. 5. (Mis)recognition of Female Combatants in Armed Rebellion Groups : Status Subordination Through Discursive Practices in the EZLN and the PKK

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Emily Bauernfeind; [2022]
    Keywords : Female Fighters; Armed Rebellion Groups; Recognition; Feminist Poststructuralism; Discourse Analysis; UNSC ResolutionsUNSC;

    Abstract : Women in combat roles are present in at least 40% of armed rebellion movements, yet the narrative of women outside of traditional roles in conflict is invisible in various discursive communities of practice. Silence and misrecognition are the root of this issue: to be considered as agents and full partners of social interaction, female combatants need to exist in the discourse of leaders and institutions. READ MORE