Essays about: "crimes against women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words crimes against women.

  1. 1. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

    Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

  3. 2. In Bondage at the Bottom of Hierarchy : A Study of Female Victimisation and the Exploitation of the Poor in Crime and Punishment

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Josefin Lann; [2023]
    Keywords : Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Crime and Punishment; Marxism; feminism; class struggle; female victimisation; double oppression;

    Abstract : This study investigates the societal tribulations of impoverished men and women in nineteenth-century St Petersburg in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The analysis is centred around the novel’s portrayals of class struggle, female victimisation, and double oppression in capitalist and patriarchal society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Examining Rape Myths Through the Lens of Criminal Case Outcomes

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

    Author : Christopher Howes; [2023]
    Keywords : criminal case; feminism; history; rape myths; victims;

    Abstract : Rape myths are pervasive and play a major role in the perpetuation and substantiation of sexual violence against women. This study sought to examine if rape myths could affect criminal case outcomes. An overview of rape myths and their foundations in feminist theories was presented. READ MORE

  5. 4. What is an Attack? : A Study on the Necessary Prerequisite in Crimes Against Humanity

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Nathalie Ottosson; [2022]
    Keywords : Public International Law; International Criminal Law; Crimes Against Humanity; Attack; Gender Perspective;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to determine the meaning of the necessary prerequisite attack in the international core crime crimes against humanity. Based on this, the thesis also aims to determine how a Swedish court should interpret the necessary prerequisite attack. READ MORE

  6. 5. Crime and (delayed) Punishment - An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Judicial Efficiency on the Number of Crimes in India

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Annika Quester; Anushka Sharma; [2022]
    Keywords : Crime; Judiciary; Instrumental Variable; India; Vacancies;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between judicial efficiency and crime. We look at 80 million case records for the lower courts of India in the period 2010-2018 to examine this effect. We first follow a fixed effects model and then move on to an instrumental variable approach. READ MORE