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Stopping Rape: Towards a Comprehensive Policy by Sylvia Walby et al is now Open Access
"This book is a landmark. Filled to the brim with critical assessments and clear descriptions of the very best practices for stopping rape, it has the bonus of a complex theoretical understanding of what is needed to finally stop rape."
Mieke Verloo, Radboud University, the Netherlands
'Stopping rape' has now been made Open Access, and is freely available to download from
OAPEN.
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Out this month
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Also in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Listen to co-author Georgios Antonopouolos being interviewed on Talk Radio Europe.
Labour exploitation and work-based harm
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Irish Abortion Referendum - May 25th
"A map through the quagmire of Ireland’s reproductive laws" Tara
Flynn, Comedian, Actor and Repeal the 8th Campaigner
With the Irish Abortion Referendum approaching 'Repealing the 8th', by Fiona de Londras and Mairead
Enright, is an essential read to understand the opportunity this presents for a new approach to abortion law in Ireland.
'Repealing the 8th' is free to read on OAPEN.
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Journal of Gender-Based Violence
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is sponsoring a drinks reception at the upcoming European
Network on Gender and Violence conference (27th-29th June).
The free article of the month is:
The help-seeking process among women victims of partner violence in Italy
Bastiani, Federica; Saurel-Cubizolles, Marie-Josčphe; Romito, Patrizia
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'Custody visits by members of the public are failing to hold police to account'
John Kendall, author of 'Regulating police detention', has written an article
in the Conversation based on his research:
Custody in police stations is a very locked-down affair. People who have been arrested and are detained spend most of the time isolated in their cells. Custody visitors, the only outsiders
who get to see the detainees, are neither respected by the police nor trusted by the detainees.
Read more
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