This research focuses on the personal stories surrounding men who were sexually abused in childhood. The aim of this study is to shed light on the experiences of these men, and attempt to lift the veil of secrecy and stigma attached to male childhood sexual abuse. Three participants were selected for this qualitative study using the selection procedure of purposive sampling. Each participant was introduced with the use of a semi-structured interview format, and the information that was obtained from each participant was explored using a hermeneutic analysis approach. The results suggest that society’s naivety and ignorance of issues pertaining to sexually abused men are prominent. Both differences and similarities, in relation to the experiences of these men, are evident. With particular reference to the three participants whom partook in this study, the differing experiences that appear significant are suicidal ideation; low self-esteem; flashbacks; fear of men in general; and mind-body separation. The similar experiences that are evident within the participants’ stories are their desire for secrecy; fear of what society may think of them; desperate attempts to cope and subsequently escape the memories of their pasts; long-lasting effects, such as a lack of trust and an absence of intimacy; and determination to move forward and prevail. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

In recent decades the Swedish legislature has increasingly focused on the treatment of victims of crime and the information they receive. Victimology research has also shown the importance of treating victims with respect and of keeping them informed of their rights and the progress of their case throughout the process. The requirements thus set have to be met by all judicial actors, which presuppose a level of cooperation among them. Cooperation therefore constitutes one way of meeting victims' needs. In the current study these three factors; information, good treatment and cooperation, are referred to as victims’ rights.           Studies have shown that victims experience shortcomings in the legal process regarding information and treatment. The causes of these shortcomings can be multiple, but from a legal point of view, however, the issue raises the question of whether there may be potential legal difficulties involved in incorporating adequate information and good treatment of crime victims into the judicial process. The purpose of this thesis is to study and analyse victims’ rights in the judicial process. As they are not without a legal context, these victims’ rights are analysed in relation to other legislation, principles and requirements that govern the functions of the judicial system, such as the duty of the police, prosecutors and courts to act objectively, conduct their work independently, and run an efficient legal process. The main question is whether the incorporation of victims’ rights conflicts with other rules and legal principles.         The study concludes, inter alia, that victims’ rights concerning the treatment of victims and coordination of the work with victims is vaguely regulated and the intended meaning of the requirements are not clear, which may lead to problems when these requirements are incorporated into the justice system. Regarding information, treatment of victims and coordination and cooperation, little guidance is given about how to incorporate this at the local level. Informational requirements are expressed more clearly in the legislation, but how and to what extent information to victims should be given can still be a matter of interpretation on the part of the actors. The existence of local differences is therefore likely, which can affect the actual support that individual victims gain access to. The legislature could choose to further clarify and elaborate upon how victims’ rights issues relate to other aspects of the judicial process, how priorities or balancing of interests should be handled as well as to reveal the underlying motives for such considerations. Such clarification could possibly increase the consistency of the incorporation of victims’ rights, and transform abstract goals into concrete actions.

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The issue of rape in South Africa has been widely documented and debated in the form of academic, legal, governmental and media reports. The statistics that inform us both of the incidence of rape and the number of women who report rape to the police have been vehemently contested. Secondary victimization of rape survivors by police, medical and legal officials, has been reported internationally in studies conducted in the United Kingdom, the United States and South Africa. The present study explored 16 women’s experiences of reporting rape to the police in historically disadvantaged communities. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were aimed at eliciting information about the nature of their experiences with the police and how their complaints were responded to and dealt with by police personnel. Six categories and 18 themes emerged out of a grounded theory analysis performed on the data. All of the participants were reportedly dissatisfied with the manner in which they were treated or the way in which their cases were handled by the South African Police Service (SAPS). The results implied the existence of rape myths in police official’s attitudes towards rape survivors, and the need to create awareness around the rights of rape survivors who report rape to the police, as well as to educate police officers with regards to the sensitivity of the issue of rape. Keywords: rape myths; secondary victimization; police; survivors; criminal justice system; feminism; gender relations; rape in South Africa. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die onderwerp van verkragting in Suid-Afrika is deuglik debateer en dokumenteer deur middel van akademiese, wetlike, regeering en media verslagte. Die statistieke wat ons in kennis stel van die aantal insidente van verkragtings en die aantal vrouens wat verkragting reporteer is gedurig in ‘n vurige en teenstrydige toestand. Sekondêre viktimisering van verkragting oorlewendes deur die polisie, mediese en wetlike amptenare, is geraporteer op internasionale vlak in studies wat gedoen is in die Verenigde Koningkryk, die Verenigde State en Suid-Afrika. Hierdie studie dek die ervarings van 16 vrouens, vanuit historiese agtergeblewe gemeenskappe, se raportering van verkragting aan die polisie. Kwalitatiewe semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is gemik daarop om inligting tot die lig te bring oor die natuur van hul ervaringe met die polisie, hoe daar op hul aanklagte reaggeer is en hoe die polisie dit hanteer het. Ses katogorieë en 18 temas was die resultaat vanuit ‘n gegronde teorie analisie wat gedoen is op die data. Al die vrouens was ongelukkig met die manier waarop hul beweerde behandeling, of oor hul sake hanteer was deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Diens (SAPD). Die resultate het gewys op die bestaan van verkragtingsmites in polisie amptenare se houding teenoor die verkragting oorlewendes, en die behoefte om ‘n bewustheid te skep oor die regte van verkraging oorlewendes wat verkragting raporteer aan die polisie, as ook om polisie offisiere te onderrig ten opsigte van sensitiwiteit teenoor die saak van verkragting. Sleutelwoorde: verkragtingsmites; sekondêre viktimisasie; polisie; oorlewendes; kriminele justisie sisteem; feminisme; geslagsverhoudings; verkragting in Suid- Afrika.

Recent policies in England and Wales and the United States have recognised for the first time enforcement mechanisms for victims of crime under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) in the United States as well the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales (the Code). Although very different from one another, these policies ostensibly aimed to provide a stronger commitment to victims’ rights, by recognising an accessible, timely and impartial process that recognises accountability and provides individual remedies in cases of breaches. This thesis engages in a careful in-depth analysis of these mechanisms and their implementation based on elite qualitative interviews, case law analysis and a multidisciplinary examination of the relevant literature. It argues that on the whole, these mechanisms have presented a number of limitations, and thus in many respects cannot and have not delivered accessible, and timely means to respond to victims’ rights breaches. Most importantly, it demonstrates that for certain types of breaches and in certain contextual settings, these mechanisms have recognised only limited or no redress at all for breaches. This research takes the available victims’ literature further by arguing that many of these promises have been closer to rhetoric than reality and providing a more nuanced portrait of the substantial difficulties and limitations that relate to these enforcement mechanisms. In effect, these limitations can be understood in light of the nature and structural components of these selected mechanisms, as well as the ways they have been implemented by the main actors involved in these processes and the different contexts under which the different types of breaches take place. Finally, despite their limitations, when compared to one another, each mechanism can be considered a better option for access, timeliness and redress – depending on context and the type of breach. Following from this analysis, a complementary approach is developed which can facilitate and increase opportunity for redress for a wider range of situations. It is important to bear in mind however the limits of the complementary approach; namely, that it only includes elements inspired from the two mechanisms examined in this thesis and that there are several limitations that relate to transplants and policy transfers.

<p>Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust is an organisation that trains and supervises a team of women counsellors who provide a counselling service to women rape survivors. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of the counsellors and the counselling co-ordinator regarding their perceptions on whether the training provided by the personal growth and counselling skills course is adequate in dealing with rape and its complexities.</p>

Pirmojoje šio magistrinio darbo dalyje pateikta nusikalstamų veikų aukų ir nukentėjusiojo sąvokos skirtumai. Antrojoje darbo dalyje identifikuoti plačiausiai visuomenėje paplitę nusikalstamų veikų aukų stereotipai ir pateikta šių stereotipų istorinė bei doktrininė apžvalga, taip pat jų sąvokos, reikšmės bei pasekmių nusikalstamų veikų aukoms analizė. Trečiojoje- išnagrinėta nusikaltstamų veikų aukų teisinė padėtis apžvelgiant tarptautinius bei nacionalinius teisės aktus, reglamentuojančius nusikaltimų aukų apsaugą, atlikta teisinės padėties statuso analizė istoriniu, lyginamuoju aspektu, akcentuojant kompensacijų nusikaltimo aukoms problemą. Ketvirtojoje magistrinio darbo dalyje pateikti atkuriamojo teisingumo modelio integravimo į Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamosios teisės sistemą būtinybė bei privalumai sprendžiant darbe analizuotas nusikalstamų veikų aukų problemas. / The Master‘s Thesis consists of four major parts. The first part introduces the description of crime victim. It includes the description of crime victim, analysis of the rapport between the crime victim and casualty. The second part includes the analysis of factors impacting people to believe various myths and stereotypes about the victims of crime and their negative influence on understanding the victimization is analyzed. The third part includes the analysis of legal status of crime victims, complex domestic and international analysis of legislation, tackling the problems of compensation. The fourth part is about restorative justice and its positive influence on solving some of the problems crime victims have to endure.

Le bullying est un comportement agressif insidieux caractérisé par : sa répétitivité, sa dissymétrie et son intentionnalité, dans lequel on identifie quatre statuts pour chaque individu : agresseur, victime, agresseur/victime, neutre. Si de nombreuses recherches se sont intéressées aux conséquences psychopathologiques du bullying sur les victimes, peu d‟études ont été consacrées aux différences de fonctionnement psychologique des adolescents selon leur statut. Notre recherche se réfère au modèle du traitement de l‟information sociale de Crick et Dodge (1994). Celui-Ci stipule l‟existence de six étapes de traitement en interaction avec des processus centraux tels que la régulation des émotions et la gestion des compétences sociales. Deux expériences ont été conduites. Dans le cadre d‟un entretien individuel et semi-Directif, 717 collégiens ont répondu à différents questionnaires concernant le bullying et le traitement de l‟information sociale. Dans les deux recherches nous avons procédé à des analyses statistiques. Les principaux résultats révèlent l'existence de profils de traitement de l‟information différentiels propres à chaque statut / Bullying is an insidiously aggressive behavior characterized by repetitiveness, asymmetry (a bully dominating his victim) and intent to do harm (Olweus, 1993). Any individual concerned will fall into one of four categories: bully, victim, bully/victim or not involved. If numerous researchers have taken an interest in the psychopathological impact of bullying on its victims, there have been few studies devoted to the differences in the psychology of adolescents depending on their status in bullying. Our research refers to the theoretical pattern of Crick and Dodge (1994) to process social information. They contend the information will be processed in six stages in interaction with the central nervous system which involves the regulation of emotions and the command of social skills. We have carried out two experiments. In the course of semi-Structured individual interviews, seven hundred and seventeen (717) secondary school students answered different sets of questions about bullying and social information processing mechanisms. In both studies we have performed statistical analyses. The main results show different types of information processing depending on the status in bullying

Recent concern in the United States about human trafficking has been directed primarily on the foreign victims that are brought into the United States rather than on U.S. citizenship who become involved. However, the topic has broadened and has significant impact on the daily lives of U.S citizens. Taking a human rights perspective, this dissertation explores how human trafficking has been used as a “brand” to achieve political and/or economic objectives. Human trafficking has taken away the human rights for individuals and threatens their security. This dissertation is grounded in Critical Theory and uses narrative analysis as a methodological framework. Using 99 public documents from Global Report on Trafficking in Persons by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, International Labor Organization, and Office for Victims of Crime and other Departments of the U.S working on human trafficking issues, with the support of Nvivo software, the dissertation insists that human trafficking violates human rights, has no capacity to support human emancipation, and causes human beings to be treated as animals or objects or commodified a brand. Even though a brand is a mark and logo in economic development and refers to objects, not human beings. Human development is the objective that everyone wants to achieve. Regardless of development, the welfare of all human beings must be the chief concern; every effort to halt all human emancipation must be initiated immediately. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-10T13:58:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 André Lopes Loula.pdf: 788536 bytes, checksum: 22f0dd829a381de090e9199e7eb831ef (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-10T13:58:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 André Lopes Loula.pdf: 788536 bytes, checksum: 22f0dd829a381de090e9199e7eb831ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The objective of this work is to analyze the trajectory of the Association of the Victims of Atomic Bombs in Brazil, an institution founded in the city of São Paulo in 1984 - 39 years after the nuclear hecatomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through the analysis of the documentation contained in the collection of the Association and testimonies collected, the work gives visibility to the trajectory of people who survived the events that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, on August 6 and 9, 1945. The intention is to understand the role of this institution founded by survivors from the other side of the planet who contributed in Brazil for various reasons. Thus, it is intended to answer the following questions: what did they witness? How did they survive? How was the reconstruction of the city where they lived? Why did they immigrate to Brazil? Why the silence? This last inquiry looks to us for the conviviality with the trauma, one of the main dilemmas of the hibakushas (Japanese word for survivors of the bomb). Memory, the search for identity and the struggle to be recognized by the Japanese government as victims of this hecatomb are the main flags of the group of survivors. To this end, the hibakushas carry out various activities, such as lectures in schools and universities, in order to raise the awareness of younger generations about the risks of nuclear energy. We also tried to understand the events that preceded Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Analyzing the Meiji Era of 1868, modernizationof the land of the rising sun. The cultural change implemented in Japan. The imperialist race in the new world geopolitics, the United States, England, Germany, Japan, Russia, and France, all seeking to change their status quo in search of raw materials and consumers. All these characteristics will lead to 1st War and the 2nd War, which ends with nuclear weapons / O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a trajetória da Associação da Vítimas das Bombas Atômicas no Brasil, instituição fundada na cidade de São Pauloem 1984 – 39 anos após a hecatombe nuclear de Hiroshima e Nagasaki. Por meio da análise da documentação contida no acervo da Associação e de depoimentos coletados, o trabalhodá visibilidade à trajetória de pessoas que sobreviveram aos eventos ocorridos em Hiroshima e Nagasaki, respectivamente, nos dias 06 e 09 de agosto de 1945. A intenção é entender qual o papel dessa instituição fundada por sobreviventes oriundos do outro lado do planeta que aportaram no Brasil por diversos motivos. Assim, pretende-se responder àsseguintes perguntas: o que presenciaram? Como sobreviveram? Como foi a reconstrução da cidade onde viviam? Por que imigraram para o Brasil? Por que o silêncio? Essa última indagação nos atenta para o convívio com o trauma, um dos principais dilemas dos hibakushas (palavra em japonês que designa os sobreviventes da bomba). A memória,a buscapela identidade e a luta para serem reconhecidos pelo governo japonês como vítimas dessa hecatombe são as principais bandeiras do grupo de sobreviventes. Para tanto, os hibakushas realizam diversas atividades, como palestras em escolas e universidades, a fim de conscientizar as gerações mais novas dos riscos da energia nuclear. Buscamos também entender os acontecimentos anteriores a Hiroshima e Nagasaki. Analisando a Era Meiji,iniciada em 1868, a modernização do país do sol nascente. A mudança cultural implementada no Japão. A corrida imperialista na nova geopolítica mundial. A busca dos Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Alemanha, Japão, Rússia e França, por mudar seu statu quo, na tentativa de angariar matérias primas e consumidores. Todos esses acontecimentos que levaramàPrimeira Guerra e àSegunda Guerra, que se encerrou com os ataques nucleares

The purpose of this project was to improve support for victims of domestic violence. To that end, this project developed an evidence-based program to provide information about domestic violence including safe and confidential ways to seek assistance, rights as cohabiting intimate partners, and the resources available to community members. Several approaches were used to develop, validate, and plan for implementation and evaluation of this program, which was developed for 3 sites in Broward and Miami-Dade counties where the project is situated. The program logic model and the social ecological model, including the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels, were used to guide this project. In addition, scholarly works from 2000 to 2013 were selected from ProQuest, CINAHL, Ebscohost, Medline, and Ovid Nursing Journals to develop this program in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of 7 community stakeholders including a physician, advanced practice nurse, law enforcement officer, pastor, and 3 recovery center directors with knowledge in these areas. Content validation involved incorporating feedback from the project team. The target population for the project includes women and men aged 18 or higher who have experienced domestic violence, homelessness, and drug addiction. Community operationalization of the initiative will be facilitated by implementation and evaluation plans developed as part of this project. The project includes community education that may help organize events and campaigns, increase domestic violence awareness among community members, and influence policy regarding issues pertaining to domestic violence.