Preventing Sexual Violence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Overcoming a Rape Culture

by N. Henry (Editor), A. Powell (Editor)

Overview

While there is much agreement about the scope of sexual violence, how to go about preventing it before it occurs is the subject of much debate. This unique interdisciplinary collection investigates the philosophy and practice of primary prevention of sexual violence within education institutions and the broader community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137356192
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
File size:	540 KB

About the Author

Bob Pease, Deakin University in Geelong, Australia Antonia Quadara, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia Wendy Larcombe, University of Melbourne, Australia Claire Maxwell, University of London, UK Gillian Fletcher, La Trobe University, Australia Moira Carmody, University of Western Sydney, Australia Alison C. Cares, Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Mary M. Moynihan, University of New Hampshire, USA Victoria L. Banyard, University of New Hampshire, USA

Table of Contents

1. Framing Sexual Violence Prevention: What Does it Mean to Challenge a Rape Culture; Anastasia Powell and Nicola Henry 2. Theorising Men's Violence Prevention Policies: Limitations and Possibilities of Interventions in a Patriarchal State; Bob Pease 3. The Everydayness of Rape: How Understanding Sexual Assault Perpetration Can Inform Prevention Efforts; Antonia Quadara 4. Limits of the Criminal Law for Preventing Sexual Violence; Wendy Larcombe 5. The Dark Side of Virtual: Towards a Digital Sexual Ethics; Nicola Henry and Anastasia Powell 6. The Prevention of Sexual Violence in Schools: Developing Some Theoretical Starting Points; Claire Maxwell 7. Just How do We Create Change? Sites of Contradiction and the 'Black Box' of Change in Primary Prevention; Gillian Fletcher 8. Sexual Violence Prevention Educator Training: Opportunities and Challenges; Moira Carmody 9. Taking Stock of Bystander Programs: Changing Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Sexual Violence; Alison C. Cares, Mary M. Moynihan and Victoria L. Banyard 10. Shifting Upstream: Bystander Action Against Sexism and Discrimination Against Women; Anastasia Powell

Editorial Reviews

"Preventing Sexual Violence brings a wide lens to the complex challenge of sexual violence prevention, offering thoughtful discussion of a range of issues and approaches to primary prevention. Critical challenges to conventional models are posed, with one author for instance resurrecting a feminist analysis of patriarchy as essential to understanding the problem. Readers will appreciate novel angles, such as the role of criminal law in relation to primary prevention, the consideration of newer forms of sexual violence, and the need to extend our vision towards a 'digital sexual ethics'." - Nicola Gavey, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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