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- Title
Seeking Justice and Redress for Victim-Survivors of Image-Based Sexual Abuse.
- Authors
Rackley, Erika; McGlynn, Clare; Johnson, Kelly; Henry, Nicola; Gavey, Nicola; Flynn, Asher; Powell, Anastasia
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SEX crime laws; VICTIMS of abuse; SURVIVORS of abuse; CRIMINAL justice system; JUSTICE administration policy
- Publication
Feminist Legal Studies, 2021, Vol 29, Issue 3, p293
- ISSN
0966-3622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10691-021-09460-8