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Stopping Rape

By Sylvia Walby & Philippa Olive &
Stopping Rape by Sylvia Walby & Philippa Olive &  digital book - Fable

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The need to stop rape is pressing and, since it is the outcome of a wide range of practices and institutions in society, so too must the policies be to stop it This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape , together with case study examples on how they work. The book engages with the law and criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions, as well as how they can best be coordinated. It is informed by theory and evidence drawn from scholarship and practice from around the world.

The book will be of interest to a global readership of students, practitioners and policy makers as well as anyone who wants to know how rape can be stopped.

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About Sylvia Walby

Sylvia Walby is Professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London and holds the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Anneliese Maier Research Award.

Philippa Olive

Philippa Olive is Doctor of Sociology, Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research at the University of Central Lancashire.

Jude Towers

Jude Towers is Doctor of Applied Social Statistics, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Sofia Strid

Sofia Strid is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University and Co-Director GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Andrea Krizsán

Central European University

Emanuela Lombardo

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Corinne May-Chahal

Corinne May-Chahal is Professor of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University.

Suzanne Franzway

Suzanne Franzway is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of South Australia. Her research focusses on sexual politics, greedy institutions, gendered violence and citizenship, and epistemologies of ignorance. She is a scholar activist in the area of women and work, serving on NGOs and is founding member of the UNESCO Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Research Network.

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