Topics: Crime

  • Help for female victims of violence needing a new home unpredictable

    The attitudes and knowledge of individual case officers or working groups are determining what help battered women get when they need a new home. In the absence of national or municipal guidelines, these decisions are taken far down in the organisation. A new report from the National Centre for Knowledge on Men’s Violence Against Women (NCK) reveals major differences between municipalities.

  • Language in sexual offence judgments makes victims responsible

    Professional and lay judges are not supposed to be influenced by personal values or political opinions. Despite this, the language of judgments reflects stereotypical ideas about gender and sexuality. This language means that women who have experienced sexual violence are often blamed for the assault. This is shown in a new thesis in Scandinavian languages from Uppsala University.

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