Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

+ Structure

+ History


Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

+ New Publications


Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

+ Medieval History

+ Modern History


Geographical Index

+ African History

+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

+ Oceanian History


Topical Index

+ Prosecution

+ Cases

+ Types

+ Offenders

+ Victims

+ Society

+ Research

+ Representations


Resources

+ Institutions

+ Literature Search

+ Research

Start: Topical Index: Prosecution: Legislation: Modern Legislation:

Prosecution: Legislation:
21ST-CENTURY LAWS

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[Site] Congolese Legislation

[Info] Zongwe, Dunia P. »The New Sexual Violence Legislation in the Congo: Dressing Indelible Scars on Human Dignity.« African Studies Review 22 (2012): 37-57.


[Site] Liberian Legislation

[Info] Medie, Peace A. »Fighting Gender-Based Violence: The Women's Movement and the Enforcement of Rape Law in Liberia.« African Affairs (June 19, 2013).


[Site] Moroccan Legislation

[Info] Mesbahi, Nima. »The Victimization of the “Muslim Woman”: The Case of Amina Filali, Morocco.« Journal of International Women's Studies 19 (2018): 49-59.


[Site] South African Legislation

[Info] Fransch, Chet. »The Reading of Simone de Beauvoir's Sexual Violence in Marriage within the Changing Climate of South Africa, c. 1948-2007.« Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Edited by Andrea Duranti et al. Newcastle upon Tyne 2017: 212-226.


[Site] A m e r i c a n   L e g i s l a t i o n

[Site] Canadian Legislation

[Info] Amirault, Joanna, et al. »Examining Sexual Assault Trends in Canada: The Impact of Rape Law Reform Over Three Decades.« 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago 2012.

[Info] McGregor, Joan. »The legal heritage of the crime of rape.« Handbook on Sexual Violence. Edited by Jennifer M. Brown et al. New York 2012: 69-89.


[Site] Colombian Legislation

[Info] Gómez Castrillón, Luis A. »Derecho penal sexual: Un caso de discurso moral religioso.« Estudios de Derecho 69 (2012): 325-350.


[Site] Guatemalan Legislation

[Info] de Matta Alvarez, Ana M.L. Estudio del Derecho comparado entre el delito de violación en la legislación guatemalteca y la legislación mexicana. Tesis de Licenciatura, Universidad Panamericana, 2013.


[Site] Mexican Legislation

[Info] de Matta Alvarez, Ana M.L. Estudio del Derecho comparado entre el delito de violación en la legislación guatemalteca y la legislación mexicana. Tesis de Licenciatura, Universidad Panamericana, 2013.

[Info] Rodríguez Campos, Carlos. »Yucatán y el Delito de Estupro en los últimos 136 años.« Tohil 9 (2008): 1-34.


[Site] Nicaraguan Legislation

[Info] Lacombe, Delphine. »Légiférer sur les « violences de genre » tout en préservant l’ordre patriarcal: L’exemple du Nicaragua (1990-2017).« Droit et société No. 99 (2018): 287-303.


[Site] U.S. Legislation

[Info] Aneja, Abhay, et al. The Impact of Right to Carry Laws and the NRC Report: The Latest Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy. Cambridge 2012.

[Info] Aneja, Abhay, et al. »Substance vs. Sideshows in the More Guns, Less Crime Debate: A Comment on Moody, Lott, and Mar.« Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013): 32-39.

[Info] Corrigan, Rose. Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success. New York 2013.

[Info] Corrigan, Rose. »Up Against a Wall: Sexual Violence and the Failure of Success.« Douglass Residential College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick 2013.

[Info] Johnson, Laura S. Gender Discrimination and Title IX Implementation: Lessons from the Office for Civil Rights Resolution Letters 1997-2011. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kentucky, 2015.

[Info] Jones, Eleanor. “In God We Trust”: A Legal History of the Emergence, Development and Influence of the Sexual Abuse Scandal within America's Catholic Clergy. B.A. Thesis, University of Sydney, 2011.

[Info] Jordan, Carol E. Violence Against Women in Kentucky: A History of U.S. and State Legislative Reform. Lexington 2014.

[Info] McGregor, Joan. »The legal heritage of the crime of rape.« Handbook on Sexual Violence. Edited by Jennifer M. Brown et al. New York 2012: 69-89.

[Info] Yung, Corey R. »Rape Law Fundamentals.« Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 27 (2015): 1-46.


[Site] A s i a n   L e g i s l a t i o n

[Site] Afghan Legislation

[Info] Wimpelmann, Torunn. Adultery, rape, and escaping the house: The protection and policing of female sexuality in Afghanistan. Bergen 2017.


[Site] Chinese Legislation

[Info] Jing, Fenghua. »Representation and Practice in "Privately Settling Illicit Sex Offenses," with Attention to the "Third Realm" from the Late Imperial Period to the Present.« The History and Theory of Legal Practice in China: Toward a Historical-Social Jurisprudence. Edited by Philip C.C. Huang et al. Leiden 2014: 150-172.


[Site] Indian Legislation

[Info] Basu, Srimati. »Sexual Property: Staging Rape and Marriage in Indian Law and Feminist Theory.« Feminist Studies 37 (2011): 185-211.

[Info] Dutta, Debolina, et al. »India's Winter of Discontent: Some Feminist Dilemmas in the Wake of a Rape.« Feminist Studies 39 (2013): 293-306.

[Info] Kathuria, Poonam. »Changing laws and unchanging statistics: Rape and rape laws in India.« Needs No Introduction (2014).

[Info] Sakhrani, Monica. »Reading Rape Post Mathura.« Indian Journal of Gender Studies 23 (2016): 260-285.


[Site] E u r o p e a n   L e g i s l a t i o n

[Site] English Legislation

[Info] Godden, Nicola. Rape and the Civil Law: An Alternative Route to Justice. Masters Thesis, Durham University, 2009.

[Info] Hey, Jennifer E. Beyond R v A: Sexual History Evidence and the Reform of S.41. Master's Thesis, Durham University, 2011.

[Info] McGregor, Joan. »The legal heritage of the crime of rape.« Handbook on Sexual Violence. Edited by Jennifer M. Brown et al. New York 2012: 69-89.


[Site] German Legislation

[Info] Brüggemann, Johannes A.J. Entwicklung und Wandel des Sexualstrafrechts in der Geschichte unseres StGB: Die Reform der Sexualdelikte einst und jetzt. Baden-Baden 2013.

[Info] Gradinari, Irina. »Maskerade des Begehrens: Lust- und Sexualmörderinnen in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur.« Möderinnen. Künsterische und mediale Inszenierungen weiblicher Verbrechen. Edited by Hyunseon Lee et al. Bielefeld 2013: 111-133.

[Info] Kratzer, Isabel. »Die Geschichte des Vergewaltigungstatbestandes - Aufbruch contra Konservierung.« Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft 93 (2010): 83-103.

[Info] Kratzer, Isabel. »"Unwiderstehliche Gewalt", "ernsthafter Widerstand" und "minder schwerer Fall" als Schlüsselwörter der Geschichte des Vergewaltigungstatbestands.« Hat Strafrecht ein Geschlecht? Zur Deutung und Bedeutung der Kategorie Geschlecht in strafrechtlichen Diskursen vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute. Edited by Gaby Temme et al. Bielefeld 2010: 119-137.

[Info] Lipi?ska, Monika. Die Sexualstraftaten im polnischen Strafkodex im Vergleich zum deutschen Strafgesetzbuch. Frankfurt/Main 2013.

[Info] von Gottberg, Joachim. »Die Darstellung sexueller Gewalt. Rechtliche Grenzen im Strafrecht und Jugendschutzrecht.« Sexuelle Gewalt im Film. Edited by Jochem Kotthaus. Weinheim 2015: 25-42.

[Info] Willekens, Harry. »Der rechtliche Umgang mit der Sexualität von Jugendlichen und Kindern: Widersprüchliche Entwicklungen.« Tabubruch und Entgrenzung: Kindheit und Sexualität nach 1968. Edited by Meike S. Baader et al. Cologne 2017: 123-136.


[Site] Icelandic Legislation

[Info] Bragadóttir, Ragnhei?ur. »Legislation on the offence of rape in Icelandic criminal law.« Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 8 (2020): 54-77.


[Site] Italian Legislation

[Info] Vitale, Antonella. Fuitina: Love, Sex, and Rape in Modern Italy, 1945-Present. Ph.D. Thesis, City University of New York, 2020.


[Site] Norwegian Legislation

[Info] Jacobsen, Jørn, et al. »Reforming the rape offence in Norwegian criminal law.« Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 8 (2020): 78-94.


[Site] Polish Legislation

Laws: Canon Law

[Info] Jurczak, Aleksandra. Przest?pstwo zgwa?cenia w ?wietle prawa kanonicznego Ko?cio?a Katolickiego i prawa polskiego. Master Thesis, Jagiellonian University, 2018.

[Info] Ko?cia?ska, Agnieszka. »Gender on Trial: Changes in Legal and Discursive Practices Concerning Sexual Violence in Poland from the 1970s to the Present.« Ethnologia Europaea 50 (2020): 111-127.

[Info] Lipi?ska, Monika. Die Sexualstraftaten im polnischen Strafkodex im Vergleich zum deutschen Strafgesetzbuch. Frankfurt/Main 2013.


[Site] Portuguese Legislation

[Info] Ventura, Isabel. Medusa no Palácio da Justiça: Imagens sobre mulheres, sexualidade e violência a partir dos discursos e práticas judiciais. Tese de Doutoramento, Universidade do Minho, 2016.

[Info] Ventura, Isabel. Medusa no Palácio da Justiça ou Uma História da Violação Sexual. Lisbon 2018.


[Site] Scottish Legislation

[Info] Hey, Jennifer E. Beyond R v A: Sexual History Evidence and the Reform of S.41. Master's Thesis, Durham University, 2011.


[Site] Swedish Legislation

[Info] Bladini, Moa, et al. »Swedish rape legislation from use of force to voluntariness: Critical reflections from an everday life perspective.« Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 8 (2020): 95-125.

[Info] Bytyqi, Selim. Samtyckeregleringens vara eller icke vara: Vilka skäl talar för respektive emot en samtyckesbaserad regleringsmodell? B.A. Thesis, Lunds universitet, 2016.

[Info] Dani, Maide. The Right to Engage or Refrain: A qualitative study on the debate regarding sexual crime legislation in Sweden since 1965. Bachelor Thesis, Malmö universitet, 2019.

[Info] Lindahl, Karin. Våldtäktsbrottets utveckling: En rättshistorisk granskning av 1962 års brottsbalk. Thesis, Lunds universitet, 2016.


[Site] Welsh Legislation

[Info] Hey, Jennifer E. Beyond R v A: Sexual History Evidence and the Reform of S.41. Master's Thesis, Durham University, 2011.


[Site] O c e a n i a n   L e g i s l a t i o n

[Site] Australian Legislation

[Info] Boxall, Hayley, et al. Historical review of sexual offence and child sexual abuse legislation in Australia: 1788-2013. Canberra 2014.

[Info] Mathews, Ben. Mandatory reporting laws for child sexual abuse in Australia: A legislative history. Report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Sydney 2014.

[Info] Swain, Shurlee. History of Australian inquiries reviewing institutions providing care for children. Sydney 2014.

[Info] Swain, Shurlee. History of child protection legislation. Sydney 2014.