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Multiple perpetrator rape in the courtroom
No full textCriminal justice system responses to rape are multiple and connected by intricate feedback loops. This complexity is particularly evident during a trial, and is likely to be heightened when a rape case involves multiple perpetrators (Lees, 2002). It is also likely that such cases will pose additional challenges for research and practice, compared to those involving single perpetrators. Multiple Perpetrator Rape (MPR) has been receiving increasing research attention in recent years, but this has mainly focused on describing the offence and beginning to understand offender motivations and victim experiences (e.g. Franklin, 2004; Horvath & Kelly, 2009; Ullman, 1999; Woodhams, Cooke, Harkins & da Silva, 2012). However, very little is known about the way in which such cases are handled by the courts. The study reported here focuses on understanding how already complicated processes for prosecuting rape are adapted or not for MPR cases. A sample of 33 MPR cases that were prosecuted in England and Wales between 2006 and 2011 were identified from publically available records including Proquest, West law and Lexus library. Content analysis was used to identify variation in the offences the accused were charged with, the sentences given, and a range of other features of the cases. The final element of the exploratory study was to examine how judges responded to presiding over MPR trials. Discussion focuses on the implications of the findings for police and prosecutors dealing with these offences and also the potential impact upon complainants in such cases
Alcohol and drugs in rape and sexual assault
No full textThe links between alcohol and sexual assault are now well established and have bee documented in both United Kingdom (UK) and international research (Abbey et al, 2001; Horvath & Brown, 2006a, 2007; Kelly, Lovett & Regan, 2005; Ullman,
Karabastsos & Koss, 1999; Walby & Allen, 2004). Although research has identified that administration of alcohol and drugs as means of obtaining illicit sex is not a new
phenomenon, it has been argued that the techniques for using alcohol and drugs to facilitate rape have changed and this issue is therefore worthy of renewed interest
(Foote, Wangmann & Braff, 2004). This chapter brings together and compares findings from two large independent studies which collected data on the involvement of alcohol and drugs in cases of rape and sexual assault reported to the police and/or sexual assault referral centres. We seek to explore the complexities of alcohol-related sexual assault by outlining a common methodological approach which generates findings that take greater account of the role of the perpetrator, the broader assault context (e.g. the location and relationship between the parties) and other situational characteristics, (e.g. the type of intoxicants consumed and the nature of consumption).
The aims of our chapter are to:
• promote a broader and more nuanced understanding of the realities of alcohol-related rape, which, we argue, are commonly over-simplified in both academic and popular representations of this crime;
• advance the view, based on research evidence, that alcohol is the drug most commonly associated with rape;
• and to move beyond the tendency to focus solely on the role and characteristics of victims of alcohol-related sexual assault and incorporate perpetrator characteristics.
Our purpose is to dispel some persistent myths about alcohol and drugs in rape in relation to types of substances consumed and the nature of consumption, context,
victims and perpetrators. We will present findings from two datasets side by side which is not commonly done and will allow for direct comparison and the generation
of new hypotheses
Juan Manuel Estévez, clavicémbalo (Colombia), Jorge Daniel Valencia, viola da gamba (Colombia) y Johanna Horvath, Flauta (Austria)
No full textConcierto de música antigua interpretado por Johanna Horvath, Jorge Daniel Valencia y Juan Manuel Estévez. En esta ocasión interpretaron obras de los compositores Darío Castello, Thomas Ford, G. P. Telemann, Arcangelo Corelli, J. Hotteterre y M. Marais
Emesopsis imbellis Horvath
No full textEmesopsis imbellis (Horvath) Fig. 6 Hadrocranella imbellis Horvath, 1914: 648, fig. 8 Emesopsis imbellis: Wygodzinsky, 1966: 363, fig. 109 Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 ɗ, West Claudie R., Iron Range, 12.45 o S, 143.14 o E, 50 m, 5–9 December 1985, G. Monteith, Rainforest, sieved litter. Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following combination of characters: forewing with a distinct dark circular spot near the apex of the discal cell (see Wygodzinsky 1966, fig. 109 N); M and Cu becoming fused basal of discal cell forming a large triangular basal cell, large subquadrate subbasal cell present, R+M apical of discal cell weakly arched and distinctly branched; postocular region of head with tumid genal area; body length ca. 4.2 mm. Distribution. Northern Queensland and New Guinea (Fig. 6). Remarks. The unique colour pattern of the forewing makes this species easily recognized. Previously known only from New Guinea, this species is represented in Australia by a single specimen collected from sieved litter by G. Monteith.Published as part of Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wall, Michael A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 2762 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20372
Optimum currency area theory: A selective review
No full textThe first part of this paper is a review of significant papers in the vast literature on optimum currency area (OCA) theory. The author focuses on the main classical contributions, then considers modern treatment of OCA theory. The second part considers empirical literature on the types of geographical areas that might constitute optimum currency areas, particularly with respect to asymmetry and symmetry of shocks.
O gênero Mayrinia Horvath, 1925 (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatomini)
No full textO gênero Mayrinia Horvath, 1925 é revisado com base na estrutura da genitália de ambos os sexos. Este estudo proporcionou a inclusão de M. barletti (Distant, 1911) na sinonimia de M. variegata (Distant, 1880). As espécies M. curvidensis (Mayr, 1864), M. rectidens (Mayr, 1868) e M. variegata são redescritas e ilustradas
Optimum currency area theory: A selective review
No full textThe first part of this paper is a review of significant papers in the vast literature on optimum currency area (OCA) theory. The author focuses on the main classical contributions, then considers modern treatment of OCA theory. The second part considers empirical literature on the types of geographical areas that might constitute optimum currency areas, particularly with respect to asymmetry and symmetry of shocks.
Production of Convulsions in Rats by High Frequency Electrical Currents (Radar)
No full textProduction of Convulsions in Rats by High Frequency Electrical Currents (Radar). George M. Austin and Steven M. Horvath. From the Harrison Dept. of Surgical Research, the Dept. of Neurosurgery, and the Dept. of Physical Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, [1949?]. 1 original manuscript with handwritten notes, 3 plates, 17 [+ 8] pg
Do you believe her and is it real rape?
No full textRape is a unique crime insofar as there is both a psychological and physical violation of victims independent corraboration may not be available and the conviction rate is very low. Rape is also a paradoxical crime. Allegations of rape are often contested. As Stanko amd Williams point out in their chapter the disctinction between criminal and legal sex are cloudy and the difference sufficeient to warrant the deprivation of liberty is judged through scrutiny of the consent of the victim rather than the behaviour of the man. To be labelled either a rapist or a liar is highly stigmatising, yet there is a public perception that the greater harm may be done to a man wrongly called a rapist than to a woman wrongly called a lior. The data revealed show that the more vulnerable victims who might reasonably expect the protection of the law actually fare worse and are least likely to have their cases presented in court.
When we initiated our seminar series we looked at theories, methods, substatntive findings and practical application in relation to rape. The chapters in this edited volume reflect and supplement the discussions. The autjhors have bought together a number of conceptualisations and formulations when thinking about and claiming sexual assault and rape. The final chapter will offer some reflections on these ideas and approaches and suggest an agenda for action derived from the presented in the books contributions
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