Vulnerability, Agency and the Ambivalence of Place in Narratives of Rape in Three High-Profile Swedish Cases

Andersson, Ulrika; Edgren, Monika

doi:10.1080/08038740.2018.1472140

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“…La jerarquización sexual es resultado de la opresión del sistema patriarcal, que afecta a todas las mujeres por el hecho de serlo. -El relato del agresor sobre el estereotipo de monstruo es muy frecuente en el tratamiento mediático de las violaciones: se justifica con cuestiones como la migración o haber tenido dificultades para adaptarse a la cultura (Andersson & Edgren, 2018). Sin embargo, la violación no es un acto extraordinario perpetrado por un monstruo; la violación está en la vida cotidiana (Greer, 2019).…”

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“…En este procedimiento judicial, el concepto de consentimiento juega un papel fundamental. Históricamente, la interpretación jurídica patriarcal del consentimiento se ha basado en la concepción de un sujeto con autonomía y responsabilidad individual (Burnett et al, 2009, 472) y agencia (Andersson & Edgren, 2018). Esta interpretación ha comprendido los cuerpos femeninos a través de las percepciones masculinas de los deseos de las mujeres y, como resultado, no se ha brindado justicia a las mujeres que sufren violencia sexual (Larson, 2018).…”

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“…Las decisiones de las juezas y de los jueces no sólo determinan la justicia de un caso en concreto, sino que arrojan una determinada interpretación sobre un crimen, en este caso sobre lo que es una violación. El poder judicial no está́ al margen de la opinión pública: la jurisprudencia contribuye al proceso de producción cultural (Andersson & Edgren, 2018).…”

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Los mitos de la violación en el caso de 'La Manada'. Una crítica a la división patriarcal público / privado

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2021

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Introducción. El caso de ‘La Manada’ de los SanFermines comienza en el año 2016, con la denuncia de una mujer por un delito de violación de cinco varones. El mediático caso supone una reacción social, política y mediática sin precedentes en España. El procedimiento judicial trae al foco del debate los conceptos de consentimiento, violencia e intimidación. Objetivos. El objetivo de este artículo es aportar un análisis de los datos sobre la violación en España y un marco de interpretación feminista sobre la violencia sexual, con el fin de evitar relatos estereotipados que dificulten la visibilización de este delito como una cuestión estructural. Metodología. El trabajo se sustenta en la función que cumplen los mitos de la violación en la escala AMMSA aplicados al caso de ‘La Manada’. Los mitos sobre la violación en el caso de ‘La Manada’. El debate del procedimiento judicial gira en torno a la distancia entre abuso y agresión; entre si había existido violencia o intimidación. La victimización secundaria se produce al no creer la declaración de la víctima; al contratar a un detective para seguir su vida y al cuestionar su comportamiento antes del crimen; así como por el uso de la grabación del acto delictivo. Conclusiones. Las violaciones grupales como ‘La Manada’ arrojan un relato en que, implícitamente, se relaciona el delito de violación con el espacio público y con varones desconocidos. Sin embargo, se ha constatado que los hogares son el primer espacio en el que se producen las violaciones y que son las niñas (0-17 años) las primeras víctimas en España. Es preciso conceptualizar la violación como una cuestión estructural; y acabar con la distancia antagónica entre el espacio público y privado que, todavía, esconde un mandato patriarcal histórico: el hogar es el espacio seguro para las mujeres.

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Los mitos de la violación en el caso de 'La Manada'. Una crítica a la división patriarcal público / privado

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2021

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“…Much of this research focuses on the Anglo-American context (Campbell, 2006;Kelly et al, 2005;Martin & Powell, 1994;McGlynn et al, 2017;McMillan & Thomas, 2013). While there has also been work dedicated to the criminal justice process for victim-survivors in the Nordic countries, further attention to the problem is needed (Andersson, 2004;Andersson & Edgren, 2018;Antonsdóttir, 2018;Edgren, 2019;Laugerud, 2020).…”

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The ‘lottery’ of rape reporting: Secondary victimization and Swedish criminal justice professionals

Carroll

2021

Nordic Journal of Criminology

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Research has established the possibility for rape victim-survivors to experience secondary victimization as a result of encounters with the criminal justice system. However, most of this work is based in Anglo-American countries, with less attention to the issue in the Nordic context. In this article, I report on in-depth interviews with Swedish criminal justice professionals and their perspective on investigating and processing sexual violence cases, as well as interviews with professionals who work directly with rape victimsurvivors and their external evaluations of the criminal justice system. While there is a general awareness of the need for an empathetic and sensitive response from police officers and support from the victim's legal counsel, in practice, the process can be a 'lottery' for victim-survivors: while some individual police officers and lawyers are dedicated to victim-centred encounters, others are dismissive or hostile. I discuss policy initiatives, including training, specialization, and required competencies, that institutionalize and standardize victim-centred practices to promote a supportive environment for all sexual violence victim-survivors in the Swedish criminal justice system.

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“…This critique concerns, among other things, the definition of rape and treatment of victims during the criminal legal process, and has come from multiple directions: the media, legal scholarship, legal practitioners, feminist academics, and the general public (Leijonhufvud, 2015;Fatta, 2018). The media play a major role in shaping this contemporary debate on rape (Andersson & Edgren, 2018;cf Martin Alcoff, 2018: 23). In Sweden, the media have frequently been instrumental in naming and framing cases of rape based on where the assault took place, thus linking the deed to place in a broader sense (Nilsson, 2018).…”

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The body and the deed. Places of rape in Swedish court narratives

Andersson¹

2021

Gender Women Stud

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A fundamental starting point for this article is that place in a broad sense is a crucial, yet forgotten, dimension in the legal analysis of rape. Therefore, in this study I ask what role place has in the adjudication of rape; in the interpretation of rape law as well as in the evaluation of evidence. I analyze three Swedish rape cases, two from the Supreme Court, marking out the sexual act of rape, and one case from an appellate court, applying this rule. The latter is closely related to the Swedish #metoo movement and extremely high-profiled. I take a closer look at how the act of rape is linked to place in these judgements. Concretely, I study the narration and classification of the crimes, including the legal labelling and the positioning and portrayal of the complainant and the defendant. My main conclusion is that place is quite absent in the courts’ legal narratives of rape. In my view, notwithstanding obvious place-related events. Apart from stressing the place of the body, in the first case, place was absent in the legal narratives in all instances. The court did not touch upon the question of whether the complainant should be able to feel safe in her own home and not have to fear violence and abuse. Nor did it touch upon similar aspects in the third case where the occupational and the public character of the place and shame, according to the victim’s own story, hindered her from reacting loudly. In the second case, the appellate court invoked place by implicitly stressing home and belonging when noting that the young man was far from home, thus being particularly vulnerable. Later the Supreme Court declared that sexual vulnerability should not be related to place at all and decided not to label the event as rape.

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Vulnerability, Agency and the Ambivalence of Place in Narratives of Rape in Three High-Profile Swedish Cases

Cited by 14 publications

References 22 publications

Los mitos de la violación en el caso de 'La Manada'. Una crítica a la división patriarcal público / privado

Los mitos de la violación en el caso de 'La Manada'. Una crítica a la división patriarcal público / privado

The ‘lottery’ of rape reporting: Secondary victimization and Swedish criminal justice professionals

The body and the deed. Places of rape in Swedish court narratives

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