Search Results - "Violence against women"

Coercive Control: Update and Review by Stark, Evan, Hester, Marianne

“…This article reviews the background, introduction, and critical response to new criminal offenses of coercive control in England/Wales and Scotland. How the…”
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The Abuse of Technology in Domestic Violence and Stalking by Woodlock, Delanie

“…We focus on an emerging trend in the context of domestic violence—the use of technology to facilitate stalking and other forms of abuse. Surveys with 152…”
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Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Sexual Violence: A Review by Henry, Nicola, Flynn, Asher, Powell, Anastasia

“…This article investigates the phenomenon of domestic and sexual violence against adult women using digital communications technologies. The article explores…”
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Fear of Sexual Harassment and Its Impact on Safety Perceptions in Transit Environments: A Global Perspective by Ceccato, Vania, Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia

“…This study reports variation in safety perceptions in transit environments, based on samples of university students in 18 cities on six continents who…”
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Dehumanized, Violated, and Powerless: An Australian Survey of Women's Experiences of Obstetric Violence in the Past 5 Years by Keedle, Hazel, Keedle, Warren, Dahlen, Hannah G.

“…Globally, significant numbers of women report obstetric violence (OV) during childbirth. The United Nations has identified OV as gendered violence. OV can be…”
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Evaluation of the Green Dot Bystander Intervention to Reduce Interpersonal Violence Among College Students Across Three Campuses by Coker, Ann L., Fisher, Bonnie S., Bush, Heather M., Swan, Suzanne C., Williams, Corrine M., Clear, Emily R., DeGue, Sarah

“…Evidence suggests that interventions to engage bystanders in violence prevention increase bystander intentions and efficacy to intervene, yet the impact of…”
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Snooping and Sexting: Digital Media as a Context for Dating Aggression and Abuse Among College Students by Reed, Lauren A., Tolman, Richard M., Ward, L. Monique

“…Digital dating abuse (DDA) is a pattern of behaviors that control, pressure, or threaten a dating partner using a cell phone or the Internet. A survey of 365…”
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Intimate Partner Femicide: Using Foucauldian Analysis to Track an Eight Stage Progression to Homicide by Monckton Smith, Jane

“…The killing of women by their intimate, or former intimate, partners is a serious social, criminal justice, and public health issue. There are significant…”
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Preventing Gender-Based Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Lessons From 25 Years of Program Development and Evaluation by Crooks, Claire V., Jaffe, Peter, Dunlop, Caely, Kerry, Amanda, Exner-Cortens, Deinera

“…Effective prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescents and young adults is a key strategy for reducing rates of gender-based violence (GBV)…”
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Embodied Harms: Gender, Shame, and Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence by Henry, Nicola, Powell, Anastasia

“…Criminality in cyberspace has been the subject of much debate since the 1990s, yet comparatively little attention has been paid to technology-facilitated…”
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“I Don’t Hate All Women, Just Those Stuck-Up Bitches”: How Incels and Mainstream Pornography Speak the Same Extreme Language of Misogyny by Tranchese, Alessia, Sugiura, Lisa

“…This article seeks to establish the connection—via shared discourse—between Incels and mainstream pornography. With an interdisciplinary approach which…”
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Obstetric Violence in Mexico: Results From a 2016 National Household Survey by Castro, Roberto, Frías, Sonia M.

“…Obstetric violence has not received the same amount of interest as other forms of violence against women (VAW). We assess the prevalence and factors associated…”
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Gender, Campus Sexual Violence, Cultural Betrayal, Institutional Betrayal, and Institutional Support in U.S. Ethnic Minority College Students: A Descriptive Study by Gómez, Jennifer M.

“…Women and ethnic minorities are at increased risk for campus sexual violence (CSV). Due to inequality, within-group victimization in marginalized communities…”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Needs and Lived Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in the United States: Advocate Perspectives by Ragavan, Maya I., Risser, Lauren, Duplessis, Virginia, DeGue, Sarah, Villaveces, Andrés, Hurley, Tammy P., Chang, Judy, Miller, Elizabeth, Randell, Kimberly A.

“…We explored the challenges and lived experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic by interviewing 53 U.S.-based IPV…”
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Evaluation of Green Dot: An Active Bystander Intervention to Reduce Sexual Violence on College Campuses by Coker, Ann L., Cook-Craig, Patricia G., Williams, Corrine M., Fisher, Bonnie S., Clear, Emily R., Garcia, Lisandra S., Hegge, Lea M.

“…Using a cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 7,945 college undergraduates, we report on the association between having received Green Dot active…”
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Preventing Sexual Aggression Among College Men: An Evaluation of a Social Norms and Bystander Intervention Program by Gidycz, Christine A., Orchowski, Lindsay M., Berkowitz, Alan D.

“…Men and women living in randomly selected 1st-year dormitories participated in tailored single-sex sexual assault prevention or risk-reduction programs,…”
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Gender Violence as a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk: Uncovering Violence Against Women and Girls as It Pertains to Poor WaSH Access by Pommells, Morgan, Schuster-Wallace, Corinne, Watt, Susan, Mulawa, Zachariah

“…The purpose of this study was to better understand the gender violence risks that exist in communities where poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) access…”
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Factors Associated With and Barriers to Disclosure of a Sexual Assault to Formal On-Campus Resources Among College Students by Mennicke, Annelise, Bowling, Jessamyn, Gromer, Jill, Ryan, Clare

“…Sexual assault on college campuses occurs at high rates, but disclosure to formal on-campus resources remains low. This study used a mixed methodological…”
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“We are Forgotten”: Forced Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and Coronavirus Disease-2019 by Phillimore, Jenny, Pertek, Sandra, Akyuz, Selin, Darkal, Hoayda, Hourani, Jeanine, McKnight, Pip, Ozcurumez, Saime, Taal, Sarah

“…Adopting a structural violence approach, this article explores, with survivors and practitioners, how early coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic conditions…”
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The Effect of Rape Myth Endorsement on Police Response to Sexual Assault Survivors by Garza, Alondra D., Franklin, Cortney A.

“…The current study used a purposive sample of 517 surveys administered to police officers at one of the five largest and most diverse U.S. cities to assess…”
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