Essays about: "Assault"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 69 essays containing the word Assault.

1. 21. Framing sexual assault in Japan Ardent or apathetic?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Maria Meincke; [2020]
   Keywords : News media; Media framing; News framing; Framing analysis; Sexual assault; Sexual violence; Social movements; #MeToo; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In September 2017, freelance journalist Shiori Itō filed a lawsuit against the prominent TV reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi for sexual assault. The somewhat obscure investigative and legal handling of the case prompted notable international media coverage, however domestic coverage has been comparatively scarce and apathetic. READ MORE

3. 22. The victim-offender as the epitome of the nonideal victim

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Ashanti Berrend; [2020]
   Keywords : hegemonic masculinity; just world belief; nonideal victim; victim-offender overlap; victim blaming; violent victimization;

   Abstract : The victim-offender overlap has been extensively studied and documented overthe last decades. Various studies have identified young men as the most commonvictims of violent assault, yet the public, the media, but also criminologicalresearch have actively favored the discourse on the ideal victim. READ MORE

4. 23. Only the plaintiff’s story is not enough to make it true: A qualitative study of the Swedish judicial system’s assessments of rape cases

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emelie Selldén; [2020]
   Keywords : Rape; violence against women; intersectionality; respectability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This essay explores how trustworthiness is created, established, and constructed in regard to women subjected to sexual violence, analysing significant features which may be decisive in court’s assessment of rape. The construction of the plaintiff’s trustworthiness and its impact on the legal process will be analysed in ten Swedish court cases about rape and through interviews with four women working in different women’s shelters. READ MORE

5. 24. Parodontal sjukdom hos hund : en utvärdering av djurägares bedömning av den allmänna hälsan före och efter behandling av parodontit

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Philip Yngvesson; [2020]
   Keywords : parodontal sjukdom; gingivit; parodontit; allmän hälsa; systemeffekter; hund;

   Abstract : Parodontal sjukdom är vanligt förekommande hos hund och kan delas in i två huvudkategorier: gingivit och parodontit. Gingivit är en initialt reversibel inflammation i tandköttet som uppkommer till följd av angrepp från bakterier i dentalplack. READ MORE

6. 25. How female and male offenders are described by district courts

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Andersson Rebecca; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the language used by district courts, more exactly the differences in language used regarding female and male offenders. Previous research has shown that there is a difference in punishment if you are a woman or if you are a man, often men are getting harsher punishments than women for most types of crimes. READ MORE