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Attitudes toward rape and victims of rape: A test of the feminist theory in Ghana

, 2009
This study explores the usefulness of the feminist theory in explaining atti- tudes toward rape and victims of rape in Ghana. The feminist theory of rape posits, inter alia, that patriarchy and gender inequality are major factors in the aetiology of rape
Kofi E. Boakye (16656879)
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General Practitioners Should Ask Patients to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is a 21st century problem, and we must be ready to adapt our practices in order to confront it. Current philosophical efforts to reconcile our obligations to make healthcare sustainable with important principles of patient care have been successful up to a point, but do not go far enough.
Simon Paul Jenkins, Sati Heer‐Stavert
wiley   +1 more source

RCNI Rape Crisis Statistics 2020 [PDF]

, 2021
Annual data entered by Rape Crisis Centres into the RCNI Data Collection ...
Mears, Elaine
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The world is an unjust place: The impact of lifetime adversity on belief in conspiracy theories

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conspiracy mentality ‐ the tendency to view important events as the product of secret plots by powerful groups ‐ is known to arise from collective victimization and discrimination. Yet less is understood about how adversities such as illness, financial loss, or trauma, unrelated to social identity, foster such beliefs.
Daniel Jolley, Anna Maughan, Laura E. R. Blackie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes to male victims of rape. A study of attitudes among therapists, counsellors and crisis intervention practitioners in dealing with male victims of rape and an investigation of levels of care available to male victims of rape

, 2008
Most research on the subject of rape and sexual assault regards the perpetrator as male and the victim as female. Rape is prevalent across all cultures and the reporting of rape tends to be contingent on societal attitudes and the prevalence of rape ...
King, Ruth
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Overview of the worldwide best practices for rape prevention and for assisting women victims of rape [PDF]

, 2013
The study provides an overview of the worldwide best practices for rape prevention and for assisting women victims of rape. It reviews the international literature and offers selected examples of promising practices.
Franzway, S., Krizsan, A., Strid, Sofia, Olive, Philippa, Olive, P., Towers, Jude,, Agarwal, B., Agarwal, Bina, Franzway, Suzanne, Francis, Brian,, Lombardo, Emanuela, Strid, S., Towers, Jude; id_orcid, Strid, Sofia,, May-Chahal, Corinne,, Walby, S., Francis, Brian, Franzway, Suzanne,, Sugarman, D., Sugarman, David,, May-Chahal, C., Sugarman, David, Agarwal, Bina,, Walby, Sylvia, May-Chahal, Corinne, Lombardo, Emanuela,, Olive, Philipa,, Krizsán, Andrea,, Towers, J., Lombardo, E., Walby, Sylvia,, Francis, B., Krizsan, Andrea, Towers, Jude, Olive, Philipa   +34 more
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Between Care and Control: Age Assessments and the Regulation of Unaccompanied and Asylum‐Seeking Children

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a critical conceptual review of age assessments in England and examines their implications for unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC). Drawing on Foucault's theories of biopower and governmentality, age assessments are conceptualied as technologies of control that set the parameters for who is deemed ‘deserving’ of ...
Ama‐Rose Greaves
wiley   +1 more source

Rape, Alcohol Consumption and Human Rights:Meeting obligations for a better future

, 2012
Over the course of 2012, the RCNI Calling Time on Sexual Violence series has examined the involvement of alcohol in sexual violence. Given the prevalence of alcohol consumption by perpetrators and victims in incidences of rape and sexual violence in ...
Rape Crisis Network Ireland
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The Variations in Children Entering Care Across Local Authorities: Taking Population Characteristics Into Account

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rates of children entering public care vary by local authority, but it is hard to know how much this is due to population characteristics or practice variation. This study used linked Welsh administrative datasets to run multilevel logistic regression models predicting care entry.
Nell Warner, Jonathan Scourfield, Donald Forrester, Rebecca Cannings‐John, Karen Broadhurst, Ann John   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual Objectification Increases Rape Victim Blame and Decreases Perceived Suffering [PDF]

, 2013
Sexual objectification changes the way people view women by reducing them to sexual objects—denied humanity and an internal mental life, as well as deemed unworthy of moral concern.
Puvia, Elisa, Loughnan, Steve, Eduardo A. Vasquez, Vasquez, Eduardo A., Elisa Puvia, Steve Loughnan, Afroditi Pina, Pina, Afroditi   +7 more
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