Sexual Violence Perpetration Against Intimate Partners: Current Progress and Future Directions

Thomas, Mackenzie; Himmen, Marguerite K.; Jung, Sandy

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“…All over the world, different forms of sexual violence have been reported, and they include rape, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and incest among others (Egen et al, 2020). Sexual violence mostly occurs in the context of intimate partner relationship, acquaintance, within the larger family or community structure, or during times of conflict (Spangaro et al, 2021;Thomas et al, 2022). Whichever form of sexual violence being experienced, the act is usually harrowing on the part of the survivors.…”

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“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2014), “sexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting.” All over the world, different forms of sexual violence have been reported, and they include rape, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and incest among others (Egen et al, 2020). Sexual violence mostly occurs in the context of intimate partner relationship, acquaintance, within the larger family or community structure, or during times of conflict (Spangaro et al, 2021; Thomas et al, 2022). Whichever form of sexual violence being experienced, the act is usually harrowing on the part of the survivors.…”

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Intention of Staff and Students to Use Internal Whistleblowing to Report Sexual Violence: A Case Study of a Nigerian University

Ogunfowokan

Titilayo

Samson‐Akpan

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Sexual violence with its enormous negative consequences has become an epidemic most especially among the young populations. An effective danger-proof reporting system is necessary for curbing this menace including use of the internal whistleblowing mechanism. The study employed a concurrent (parallel) mixed method descriptive design for explaining the sexual violence experiences of university students, the intention of staff and students to blow the whistle, and their preferred whistleblowing strategies. A total of 167 students and 42 members of staff (69% males and 31% females, respectively) were randomly selected from four academic departments (50%) of a university of technology in Southwest Nigeria. An adapted questionnaire containing three vignettes on sexual violence and a focus group discussion guide were used for data collection. We discovered that 16.1% of the students reported to have experienced sexual harassment, 12.3% had attempted rape, and 2.6% had experienced rape. Tribe ( Likelihood-Ratio, LR = 11.16; p = .004) and sex (χ2 = 12.65; p = .001) were strongly associated with sexual violence experiences. Also, 50% staff and 47% students had high intention. Regression analysis showed that industrial and production engineering students will be 2.8 times more likely to have intention to internally blow the whistle more than other students ( p = .03; 95% CI [1.1, 6.97]). Female staff had 5.73 odds of intention more than male staff ( p = .05; [1.02, 32.1]). Also, we observed that senior staff will 31% less likely blow the whistle than the junior staff (Adjusted Odd Ratio, AOR = 0.04; [0.00, 0.98]; p = .05). In our qualitative findings, courage was mentioned as a factor necessary for blowing the whistle while anonymous reporting was emphasized for successful whistleblowing. However, the students preferred external whistleblowing. The study has implication for the establishment of sexual violence internal whistleblowing reporting system in higher education institutions.

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Intention of Staff and Students to Use Internal Whistleblowing to Report Sexual Violence: A Case Study of a Nigerian University

Ogunfowokan

Titilayo

Samson‐Akpan

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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“…Additionally, few studies have examined screening and risk assessment of IPSV for DFV perpetrators. Research in this space has largely focused on the predictive validity of assessment tools to identify DFV recidivism (including, but not limited to, sexual violence) among IPSV perpetrators (see for example, Grann and Wedin 2002;Thomas et al 2022;Rettenberger and Eher 2013). However, these studies have examined DFV risk among IPSV offenders, rather than IPSV risk specifically.…”

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‘“She Tells Me I'm Pushy” is More Likely than the Man Directly Admitting to Being Pushy’: Practitioners’ Views on Screening and Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

Helps

2023

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Domestic and family violence (DFV) and sexual violence intersect, with sexual violence often perpetrated by an intimate partner alongside other forms of DFV. While DFV perpetrator interventions are commonly used in response to DFV perpetration, scant research has considered how these interventions identify and address sexual violence, including intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV). Drawing on the findings from an Australian study which involved a survey of 97 practitioners, this paper explores screening and risk assessment of IPSV within the DFV perpetrator intervention context. The research findings demonstrate limited screening and risk assessment of IPSV, particularly when compared to other forms of DFV. This demonstrates a clear need for focused attention on IPSV as part of broader efforts to hold perpetrators accountable for all forms of DFV.

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Sexual Coercion: Sexual Offending Comparison

Higgs,

Lapierre

2023

Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

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Sexual Violence Perpetration Against Intimate Partners: Current Progress and Future Directions

Cited by 5 publications

References 63 publications

Intention of Staff and Students to Use Internal Whistleblowing to Report Sexual Violence: A Case Study of a Nigerian University

Intention of Staff and Students to Use Internal Whistleblowing to Report Sexual Violence: A Case Study of a Nigerian University

‘“She Tells Me I'm Pushy” is More Likely than the Man Directly Admitting to Being Pushy’: Practitioners’ Views on Screening and Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

Sexual Coercion: Sexual Offending Comparison

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