Essays about: "rape in the law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words rape in the law.

  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. Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies : A Case Study of South Sudan

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

    Author : Lathan Yusuf; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; Human Rights; Conflict; South Sudan;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on GBV against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict societies with a particular emphasis on South Sudan. It notes that women and girls are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, and other consequences of war, including displacement and loss of livelihood. READ MORE

  4. 3. The tale of having no control over your own body: Abortion and sex education in Poland

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oliwia Heintze; [2022]
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    Abstract : In November 2020 Constitutional Tribunal announced that it will start working on stricter abortion law in Poland. Poland has already one of the strictest abortion laws in the wholeEurope and this information and Constitutional’s Tribunal announcement created confusionamong the society. READ MORE

  5. 4. What is there to correct? : LGBTQI People’s Understanding of Sexual and Gender-based Violence in South Africa – A qualitative Study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Odell; Julia Udd; [2022]
    Keywords : LGBTQI; Violence; Gender; Rape; Heteronormativity; Sexuality; Norms; Inequality; Stigmatization; Corrective rape; Homophobia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a Minor Field Study carried out in Cape Town, South Africa, during March - May 2022. South Africa is suffering a high level of sexual and gender-based violence. LBGTQI people are extra vulnerable when it comes to sexual and gender-based violence, especially when it comes to corrective rapes. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Problem of Establishing Consent - A critical policy analysis of how the problem of establishing consent and voluntariness has changed in Swedish rape judgements after the consent law.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Fransson; [2022]
    Keywords : Consent; Voluntariness; Rape; Sweden; Critical policy analysis; Judgement; Legal discourse; Problematization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse and understand how the problem of establishing consent is represented in Swedish rape judgements before and after the consent-based legislation was enacted in 2018. The purpose is to elucidate differences in the court’s assessment of consent, as well as generate an understanding of how the court may maintain and reproduce problematic elements which are stereotyped in the legal assessment. READ MORE