Endemic sexual violence and abuse: Contexts and dispositions

Susan Rayment-McHugh; S Smallbone; N Tilley

doi:10.5204/ijcjsd.v3i2.233

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Endemic sexual violence and abuse: Contexts and dispositions

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Endemic sexual violence and abuse: Contexts and dispositions

Susan Rayment-McHugh, S Smallbone and N Tilley

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Vol.4(2), pp.111-124

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v3i2.233

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Abstract

endemic sexual violence

organised abuse

sexual abuse

sexual violence

Endemic sexual violence and abuse has been observed in a number of specific circumstances, most notably conflict zones, remote and marginalised communities, and religious and state institutions. In this article we examine several documented examples and argue that a similar set of causal processes are at work in all of these otherwise apparently disparate circumstances. Rather than construing the problem as 'organised' sexual abuse, we present the problem in terms of the breakdown (or disorganisation) of usual individual, situational and ecological constraints. © The Author(s) 2015.

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Title: Endemic sexual violence and abuse: Contexts and dispositions
Authors: Susan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - Griffith University
S Smallbone (Author) - Griffith University
N Tilley (Author) - University College London, United Kingdom
Publication details: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Vol.4(2), pp.111-124
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v3i2.233
ISSN: 2202-7998
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 The Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450662402621
Output Type: Journal article

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