Seeking justice and redress for victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse
Rackley, Erika
Seeking justice and redress for victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse Erika Rackley, Clare Mcglynn, Kelly Johnson, Nicola Henry, Nicola Gavey, Asher Flynn and Anastasia Powell - Springer, 2021 - Feminist Legal Studies .
Feminist Legal Studies, 2021, Advance publication online, 27 May 2021
Despite apparent political concern and action—often fuelled by high-profile cases and campaigns—legislative and institutional responses to image-based sexual abuse in the UK have been ad hoc, piecemeal and inconsistent. In practice, victim-survivors are being consistently failed: by the law, by the police and criminal justice system, by traditional and social media, website operators, and by their employers, universities and schools. Drawing on data from the first multi-jurisdictional study of the nature and harms of, and legal/policy responses to, image-based sexual abuse, this article argues for a new joined-up approach that supports victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse to ‘reclaim control’. It argues for a comprehensive, multi-layered, multi-institutional and multi-agency response, led by a government- and industry-funded online or e-safety organisation, which not only recognises the diversity of victim-survivor experiences and the intersection of image-based sexual abuse with other forms of sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination, but which also enables victim-survivors to reclaim control within and beyond the criminal justice system. (Authors' abstract). Record #7134
IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE
JUSTICE
LAW REFORM
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
UNITED KINGDOM
Seeking justice and redress for victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse Erika Rackley, Clare Mcglynn, Kelly Johnson, Nicola Henry, Nicola Gavey, Asher Flynn and Anastasia Powell - Springer, 2021 - Feminist Legal Studies .
Feminist Legal Studies, 2021, Advance publication online, 27 May 2021
Despite apparent political concern and action—often fuelled by high-profile cases and campaigns—legislative and institutional responses to image-based sexual abuse in the UK have been ad hoc, piecemeal and inconsistent. In practice, victim-survivors are being consistently failed: by the law, by the police and criminal justice system, by traditional and social media, website operators, and by their employers, universities and schools. Drawing on data from the first multi-jurisdictional study of the nature and harms of, and legal/policy responses to, image-based sexual abuse, this article argues for a new joined-up approach that supports victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse to ‘reclaim control’. It argues for a comprehensive, multi-layered, multi-institutional and multi-agency response, led by a government- and industry-funded online or e-safety organisation, which not only recognises the diversity of victim-survivor experiences and the intersection of image-based sexual abuse with other forms of sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination, but which also enables victim-survivors to reclaim control within and beyond the criminal justice system. (Authors' abstract). Record #7134
IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE
JUSTICE
LAW REFORM
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
UNITED KINGDOM