Essays about: "Emelie Selldén"

Found 1 essay containing the words Emelie Selldén.

  1. 1. 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