Rape in the Nordic Countries Continuity and Change

• Published in: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Main Authors: Heinskou, Marie Bruvik, Skilbrei, May-Len, Stefansen, Kari
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2019; Taylor and Francis; Oslo Metropolitan University; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: BDSM; BDSM Communities; BDSM Context; BDSM Play; BDSM Practice; CEDAW Committee; Coercive Circumstances; Computer Mediated Communication; Concealable Stigmatised Identity; Consensual Sexting; construction; crime; Crime and criminology; Criminal law: procedure and offences; Criminology; Criminology - Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Criminology and Law; Digital Rape; European Studies; Forskning; gender; Gender Studies; Gender Studies - Soc Sci; Gender studies, gender groups; grey areas; Interdisciplinary studies; Jurisprudence and general issues; justice; Kari Stefansen; Law; Law and society, gender issues; Law and society, sociology of law; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Legal aspects of criminology; legal regulations; Marie Bruivik-Heinskou; Marital Exemption; May-Len Skilbrei; multidisciplinary; Nonfiction; Norden; Nordic countries; Nordic region; Online Disclosures; online sexual cultures; perpetrators; policies; prevention; Rape; Rape Law; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Seksualisert vold; sex; Sexual Harm; Sexual Offences Committee; Sexual Offences Legislation; Sexual Transgressions; Sexual violence; Social groups, communities and identities; Social law and Medical law; Social Media Disclosures; Social Reactions; Social Science; Social sciences; Social services and welfare, criminology; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Socio-Legal Studies - Gender & Sexuality; Sociology; Sociology & Social Policy; Sociology and anthropology; Swedish Gender Equality Policies; Unwanted Sexual Touching; Unwanted Touching; victims; Victims and Victimology; Violent Crime; Voldtekt; WPR Approach; Young Man; CEDAW Committee; Young Man; Sexual Offences Committee; Sexual Transgressions; WPR Approach; Consensual Sexting; Data Set; BDSM Practice; Marital Exemption; BDSM Context; Social Media Disclosures; Sexual Harm; Concealable Stigmatised Identity; Social Reactions; Coercive Circumstances; Online Disclosures; Computer Mediated Communication; BDSM Communities; Sexual Offences Legislation; Swedish Gender Equality Policies; Unwanted Sexual Touching; Digital Rape; Unwanted Touching; Rape Law; BDSM Play
• ISBN: 9780429885136; 042988513X; 9781138606517; 1138606510; 9781032085821; 1032085827; 0429885121; 9780429885112; 9780429467608; 0429467605; 9780429885129; 0429885113
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429467608

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429467608, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. While the Nordic countries are listed at the top in most international rankings of gender equality and citizens’ feelings of security, studies on the prevalence of sexual victimisation present a different picture, suggesting that the very countries that have invested much in establishing gender equality actually see a high prevalence of sexual violence. This book sheds light on the phenomenon and construction of rape and other forms of sexual violence within the Nordic region, exploring the ways in which rape and sexual violence are dealt with through criminal law and considering governmental policies aimed at combatting it, with a special focus on legal regulations and developments. Thematically organised, it offers new research on perpetrators, victimhood, criminal justice and prevention. Multi-disciplinary in approach, it brings together the latest work from a range of scholars to offer insights into the situation in the five Nordic countries, asking how and why rape and other forms of sexual violence occur, whilst also addressing the timely issues of online sexual cultures, BDSM and the grey areas of sexual offences. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, criminology and law with interests in gender and sexual violence.