SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Real Cases: Hurricane Katrina

»Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States, gauged by barometric pressure. (...)
Shortly after the hurricane moved away on August 30, 2005, some residents of New Orleans who remained in the city began looting stores. Many were in search of food and water that were not available to them through any other means, as well as non-essential items. Additionally, there were reports of carjacking, murders, thefts, and rapes in New Orleans. Some sources later determined that many of the reports were inaccurate, greatly exaggerated or completely false, leading news agencies to print retractions.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 21^st Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Types: Rape: Disaster Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Thornton, William E., et al. »Disaster Rape: Vulnerability of Women to Sexual Assaults During Hurricane Katrina.« Journal of Public Management & Social Policy 13 (2007): 23-49.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Thornton, William E., et al. »Disaster Rape: Vulnerability of Women to Sexual Assaults during Hurricane Katrina.« 68^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago 2012.