Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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Prosecution: Trials:
20TH-CENTURY TRIALS

[Site] I n t e r n a t i o n a l   T r i a l s

[Info] de Brouwer, Anne-Marie, et al., eds. Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Cambridge 2013.

[Info] Gericke, Carsten, et al. Vergebung und Auss hnung nach sexuellen Gewaltverbrechen in bewaffneten Konflikten. Zur Funktion und Bedeutung internationaler Strafprozesse. Nach Krieg, Gewalt und Repression. Vom schwierigen Umgang mit der Vergangenheit. Edited by Susanne Buckley-Zistel et al. Baden-Baden 2011: 91-111.

[Info] Hod i?, Irma. Adjudication of Gender Based Crimes against Women in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals. Master Thesis, Lunds Universitet, 2012.

[Info] Marochkin, Sergey Y., et al. Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture and Genocide in the Decisions of International Tribunals: Transjudicial Networks and the Development of International Criminal Law. Human Rights Review (2014).

[Info] Mischowski, Gabriela. Justitias M hlen mahlen langsam . Die Internationale Strafverfolgung geschlechtsbezogener sexualisierter Kriegsgewalt seit N rnberg. 60 Jahre nach N rnberg: Der Kampf gegen die Straflosigkeit vor neuen Herausforderungen. Nuremberg 2006.

[Info] Mischowski, Gabriela. Geschichte, Probleme und Zwickm hlen der internationalen Strafverfolgung sexualisierter Kriegsgewalt. Zwangsprostitution und Krieg im 20. und beginnenden 21. Jahrhundert. F rstenberg/Havel 2007.

[Info] Morris, Kara. "When elephants fight, it is the gras that is crushed": A critical evaluation of the treatment of rape victim-witnesses by the International Criminal Court. M.A. Thesis, University of Ottawa, 2013.

[Info] M hlh user, Regina. Vergewaltigung und sexuelle Versklavung in der Internationalen Strafgerichtsbarkeit. Milit r und Geschlecht im Wandel. Hamburg 2003.

[Info] Nelaeva, Galina. Prosecution of Rape and Sexual Assaults as International Crimes: Explaining Variation. Ph.D. Thesis, Central European University, 2007.

[Info] N ez del Prado, Fabiana. Definiendo la violaci n sexual en el derecho internacional: la contribuci n de los Tribunales Penales Internacionales ad hoc. Agenda Internacional 19 (2012): 21-44.

[Info] Utsumi, Aiko. How the Violence against Women were Dealt with in War Crime Trials. Common Grounds: Violence against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations. Edited by Indai L. Sajor. Quezon City 1998: 187-197.

[Info] Wullweber, Helga. Vergewaltigung als Waffe und das Kriegsv lkerrecht. Kritische Justiz 26 (1993): 179-193.


[Site] A f r i c a n   T r i a l s

[Site] Beninese Trials

[Info] Reuther, Jessica. Street Hawking or Street Walking? Petites Vendeuses and Sexual Assault in French West Africa. 129th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. New York 2015.

[Info] Reuther, Jessica. Irresponsible Boys, Promiscuous Girls: Maturity, Gender, and Rape Myths in the Criminal Tribunals of Colonial Dahomey, 1924-1940. Revue d'histoire de l'enfance "irr guli re" No. 20 (2018): 67-84.

[Info] Reuther, Jessica. »Street Hawking or Street Walking in Dahomey?: Debates about Girls Sexual Assaults in Colonial Tribunals, 1924 41.« The Journal of African History (November 1, 2022): 1-16.


[Site] Kenyan Trials

[Info] Shadle, Brett L. Rape in the Courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, 1940s-1960s. African Studies Review 51 (2008): 27-50.


[Site] Zimbabwean Trials

[Info] Benson, Koni, et al. Ukubhinya: Gender and Sexual Violence in Bulawayo, Colonial Zimbabwe, 1946-1956. Zambezia 30 (2003): 108-133.

[Info] Benson, Koni, et al. Ukubhinya: Gender and Sexual Violence in Bulawayo, Colonial Zimbabwe, 1946-1956. Journal of Southern African Studies 31 (2005): 587-610.


[Site] A m e r i c a n   T r i a l s

[Site] Argentine Trials


[Site] Brazilian Trials

[Info] Bernardo, Katiana A. "Raptou a menor seduzindo de amor": Sensibilidades e pr ticas amorosas no sert o paraibano (1926-1956). Disserta o de Mestrado, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2019.

[Info] Vasconcelos, Tania M.P. "As Filhas da M e": Representa es do Feminino em Processos Judiciais por Crime de Sedu o e Estupro em Jacobina, Bahia (1940-1960). Di logo No. 25 (2014): 91-105.


[Site] Canadian Trials

[Info] Bavelas, Janet, et al. Is it Sex or Assault? Erotic Versus Violent Language in Sexual Assault Trial Judgments. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 10 (2001): 29-40.

[Info] Boyer, Laura K. Bounded Justice: Gender, Space and the Law in Early Twentieth Century Vancouver. M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1993.

[Info] Walker, Barrington. Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958. Toronto 2010.


[Site] Jamaican Trials

Cases: Real Offenders: Egbert Hugh Evans; Real Victims: Irma Duncan


[Site] Mexican Trials

[Info] Lara, Sandra E. "Crimes against the Order of the Family, Public Morality, and Decency": Sexual Violence and Jurisprudence in Coahuila, Mexico, 1871-1931. Ph.D. Thesis, University of New Mexico, 2016.


[Site] U.S. Trials

Cases: Real Offenders: Errol Flynn, John Rideout; Real Victims: Greta Rideout

[Info] Donovan, Brian. Gender Inequality and Criminal Seduction: Prosecuting Sexual Coercion in the Early-20th Century. Law & Social Inquiry 30 (2005): 61-88.

[Info] Donovan, Brian, et al. Narratives of Sexual Consent and Sexual Coercion: Forced Prostitution Trials in Progressive-Era New York City. Law & Social Inquiry 36 (2011): 597-619.

[Info] Donovan, Brian. Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in New York City, 1900-1918. Albany 2016.

[Info] Flood, Dawn R. Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts. Champaign 2012.

[Info] Haag, Pamela. The Power of a Madam: The Eroticization of Sexual Violence and the Cultural Logic of Rape in 1930s America. Ninth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Poughkeepsie 1993.

[Info] Kestler, Stefan. US-Army und bayerische Bev lkerung im Konflikt: Ein Bamberger Kriminalfall und die gro e Politik w hrend des Kalten Krieges. Jahrbuch f r fr nkische Landesforschung 64 (2004): 237-257.

[Info] Levi, Avraham, et al. The Role of Eyewitness Testimony in Exonerations: An Archival Study. Open Law Journal 5 (2013).

[Info] Niedermeier, Silvan. I didn't rape that lady : Rasse , Vergewaltigung und Zeugenschaft in den US-amerikanischen S dstaaten, 1930 1945. WerkstattGeschichte No. 59 (2012): 55-78.

[Info] Rayburn, Corey. To Catch a Sex Thief: The Burden of Performance in Rape and Sexual Assault Trials. Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 15 (2006): 436-483.


[Site] A s i a n   T r i a l s

[Site] Chinese Trials

[Info] Hao, Xiaoyang. What Is Criminal and What Is Not: Prosecuting Wartime Japanese Sex Crimes in the People's Republic of China. The China Quarterly (February 11, 2020).

[Info] Toshiya, Ik?. Japanese War Crimes and War Crimes Trials in China. Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia: An Introductory Reader. Edited by Frank Jacob. Berlin 2019: 141-159.


[Site] Indian Trials

[Info] Arya, Lakshmi. Rape Laws and Trials in Colonial Times (British India and the Princely State of Mysore, 1860-1947). Ph.D. Thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2007.


[Site] Japanese Trials

[Info] Burns, Catherine. Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan. London 2005.


[Site] Philippine Trials

[Info] Form, Wolfgang. Colonization and Postcolonial Justice: US and Philippine War Crimes Trials in Manila After the Second World War. War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956: Justice in Time of Turmoil. Edited by Kerstin von Lingen. Cham 2016: 143-166.

[Info] Lawson, Konrad M. Universal Crime, Particular Punishment: Trying the Atrocities of the Japanese Occupation as Treason in the Philippines, 1947-1953. Fiesole 2013.

[Info] Lawson, Konrad M. Universal Crime, Particular Punishment: Trying the Atrocities of the Japanese Occupation as Treason in the Philippines, 1947-1953. Comparativ 23 (2013): 57-77.


[Site] E u r o p e a n   T r i a l s

[Site] Austrian Trials

[Info] Greif, Elisabeth. Verkehrte Leidenschaft: Gleichgeschlechtliche Unzucht im Kontext von Strafrecht und Medizin. Aus- und Verhandlungsprozesse vor dem Landesgericht Linz 1918-1938. Vienna 2019.

[Info] Matter, Sonja. Adoleszente M dchen und die strafrechtlichen Bestimmungen zum Schutzalter (1950-1980). 4es Journ es suisses d'histoire. Lausanne 2016.

[Info] Matter, Sonja. Die Grenzen der Kindheit und die Grenzen der "Schutzw rdigkeit": Sexuelle Kindesmisshandlung vor sterreichischen Gerichten (1950-1970). sterreichische Zeitschrift f r Geschichtswissenschaften 28 (2017): 133-156.

[Info] Matter, Sonja. » She doesn t look like a child : Girls and Age of Consent Regulations in Austria (1950-1970).« Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 10 (2017): 104-122.


[Site] Cyprian Trials

[Info] Charalambous, Kyriaki. The Judicial Performativity of Rape Myths: A Discourse Analysis of Rape Court Decisions. Gender, Law and Institutions. Edited by Mary Koutselini et al. Nicosia 2015: 135-146.


[Site] Dutch Trials

[Info] Bergers, Lara. »A culture of testimony: The importance of 'speaking witnesses' in Dutch sexual crimes investigations and trials, 1930-1960.« Forensic cultures in modern Europe. Edited by Willemijn Ruberg et al. Manchester 2023: 49-70.

[Info] Ruiter, Lisanne E.R. de. [Her sister] is not much more than a prostitute. Who dartes to believe the complainant? : Rape cases, experts and witnesses of respectability (1920-1933). Master Thesis, Utrecht University, 2015.


[Site] English Trials

[Info] Adler, Zsuzsanna. Rape on Trial. London 1987.

[Info] Levi, Avraham, et al. The Role of Eyewitness Testimony in Exonerations: An Archival Study. Open Law Journal 5 (2013).


[Site] German Trials

[Info] Beck, Birgit. Rape: The Military Trials of Sexual Crimes Committed by Soldiers in the Wehrmacht, 1939-1944. Home/Front: The Military, War and Gender in Twentieth-Century Germany. Edited by Karen Hagemann et al. Oxford 2002: 255-273.

[Info] Beck, Birgit. Vergewaltigungen: Sexualdelikte von Soldaten vor Milit rgerichten der deutschen Wehrmacht, 1939 - 1944. Heimat-Front: Milit r und Geschlechterverh ltnisse im Zeitalter der Weltkriege. Edited by Karen Hagemann et al. Frankfurt/Main 2002: 258-274.

[Info] Beck, Birgit. Wehrmacht und sexuelle Gewalt: Sexualverbrechen vor deutschen Milit rgerichten 1939-1945. Paderborn 2004.

[Info] Beck, Birgit. Sexual Violence and Its Prosecution by Courts Martial of the Wehrmacht. A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945. Edited by Roger Chickering et al. Cambridge 2005: 317-331.

[Info] Beck-Heppner, Birgit. Bagatelle oder Verbrechen? Die Wehrmachtsjustiz und sexuelle Gewalt im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Europ ische Sommer-Universit t Ravensbr ck. F rstenberg/Havel 2007.

[Info] Hockerts, Hans G. Die Sittlichkeitsprozesse gegen katholische Ordensangeh rige und Priester 1936/37: Eine Studie zur nationalsozialistischen Herrschaftstechnik und zum Kirchenkampf. Mainz 1971.

[Info] Huber, Christian T. Die Rechtsprechung der deutschen Feldkriegsgerichte bei Straftaten von Wehrmachtssoldaten gegen Angeh rige der Zivilbev lkerung in den besetzten Gebieten. Marburg 2007.

[Info] Huber, Christian T. Der Schutz feindstaatangeh riger Zivilisten durch deutsche Milit rgerichte 1939 - 1945. Rechtskultur 1 (2012): 30-58.

[Info] Kestler, Stefan. US-Army und bayerische Bev lkerung im Konflikt: Ein Bamberger Kriminalfall und die gro e Politik w hrend des Kalten Krieges. Jahrbuch f r fr nkische Landesforschung 64 (2004): 237-257.

[Info] Lieske, Dagmar. P dophilie und sexueller Kindesmissbrauch im Nationalsozialismus: Zur Forschung im Aktenbestand des Landgerichts Berlin 1933 1945. Sexuelle Gewalt in Kindheit und Jugend: Theoretische, empirische und konzeptionelle Erkenntnisse und Herausforderungen erziehungswissenschaftlicher Forschung. Edited by Sabine Andresen et al. Weinheim 2018: 18-27.

[Info] Psonka, Martin. Strafverfahren gegen Minderj hrige im Dritten Reich am Beispiel des Sondergerichts Dortmund. Dissertation, Technische Universit t Dortmund, 2019.

[Info] Wolffram, Heather. Children s Lies : The Weimar Press as Psychological Expert in Child Sex Abuse Trials. Crime and the Construction of Forensic Objectivity from 1850. Edited by Alison Adam. Cham 2020: 257-278.


[Site] Italian Trials

[Info] Pelizzari, Maria R. »Il corpo nei racconti di stupro: Maschile/femminile in alcuni processi del primo Novecento.« Il corpo e il suo doppio. Storia e cultura. Edited by Mara R. Pelizzari. 2007: 101-118.


[Site] Polish Trials

[Info] Ko?mi?ska-Frejlak, Ewa. "I'm Going to the Oven Because I Wouldn't Give Myself to Him": The Role of Gender in the Polish Jewish Civic Court. Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust. Edited by Laura Jockusch et al. Detroit 2015: 247-278.


[Site] Scottish Trials

[Info] Heren, Louise. 'An ugly epoch': Male sexual violence in interwar Scotland, 1918-1930. Ph.D. Thesis, St Andrews University, 2020.


[Site] Swedish Trials

[Info] Andersson, Ulrika, et al. Contesting Contemporary Case Law: Narratives of Rape in Cases from the Supreme Court of Sweden 1988-2013. 11th European Social Scinece History Conference. Valencia 2016.

[Info] Edgren, Monika. Tala tillbaka, tala som other i domstolsnarrativ om v ldt kt: N gra nedslag under de senaste decennierna. Tidskrift f r genusvetenskap 39 (2018): 116-135.


[Site] Swiss Trials

[Info] Cottier, Maurice. Sexuelle Gewalt in Bern um 1900: Praxis und Rechtsprechung. 4es Journ es suisses d'histoire. Lausanne 2016.

[Info] Cottier, Maurice. Fatale Gewalt: Ehre, Subjekt und Kriminalit t am bergang zur Moderne. Das Beispiel Bern 1868-1941. Konstanz 2017.


[Site] O c e a n i a n   T r i a l s

[Site] Australian Trials

[Info] Bavin-Mizzi, Jill. Understandings of Justice: Australian Rape and Carnal Knowledge Cases, 1876-1924. Sex, Power and Justice: Historical Perspectives on Law in Australia. Edited by Diane Kirkby. Melbourne 1996: 19-32.

[Info] Cockburn, Helen M. The Impact of Introducing an Affirmative Model of Consent and Changes to the Defence of Mistake in Tasmanian Rape Trials. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tasmania, 2012.

[Info] Featherstone, Lisa, et al. Sex Crimes in the Fifties. Carlton 2016.

[Info] Foote, Wendy L. Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Family Court. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sydney, 2006.

[Info] Kaladelfos, Amanda. Race and Ethnicity in Sex Crimes Trials in 1950s Australia. 32nd Annual Conference of the Australian Historical Association. Wollongong 2013.

[Info] Kaladelfos, Andy, et al. Race and Ethnicity in Sex Crimes Trials from 1950s Australia. Legacies of Violence: Rendering the Unspeakable Past in Modern Australia. Edited by Robert Mason. New York 2017: 217-232.

[Info] Kennedy, Jessica, et al. How protected is she? "Fairness" and the rape victim witness in Australia. Women's Studies International Forum 35 (2012): 334-342.


[Site] New Zealand Trials

[Info] Zydervelt, Sarah, et al. Lawyers' Strategies for Cross-Examining Rape Complainants: Have We Moved Beyong the 1950s? British Journal of Criminology 57 (2017): 551-569.