Links and Resources
Support and information for survivors
Rape Crisis Scotland National Helpline
Freephone 08088 01 03 02 (voice and minicom) daily (6pm-12 midnight)
Scottish Government, 2008
General – research and statistics
The Havens
Cello MRUK research on behalf of the Scottish Government, February 2010 (1,040 Scots surveyed) – publication pending
Scottish Government Domestic Abuse 2008/09
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2006
TNS System Three survey (February 2008)
- TNS System Three survey of 986 Scots for the Scottish Executive
- Extract from the TNS survey relating to attitudes to rape
Rape Crisis Scotland, December 2007
Amnesty International
Zero Tolerance
Scottish Parliament Bill
Scottish Government
- Recorded Crime in Scotland 2008-09
- Criminal proceedings in Scottish Courts 2008-09
- Impact of Aspects of the Law of Evidence in Sexual Offence Trials: An Evaluation Study
The Independent
The Scotsman
Home Office Research Study 276
- Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey, 2004. Walby, Sylvia, and Allen, Jonathan
Women-blaming attitudes
BBC
Scotsman
The Guardian
- Blame the rapist, not the victim
- There is no excuse
- Rape: the sinister blame game
- Rape, blame & the tourism game
The Observer
Jezebel (blog discussion)
Telegraph
Daily Mail
New Statesman
Londonist
Victimized over the AOC (Blog)
Feministing (Blog)
NY Daily News
The Mirror
Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal Conspiracy (Blog)
The Psychologist
The Times
- Women still held to blame for rape
- Rape myths: why we still believe women ask for it
- Rape conviction rate can improve if we tackle culture of scepticism
New Statesman
Dress
New Statesman
Daily Mail
Sydney Morning Herald
Shakesville
Washington City Paper
Mexico Reporter
Brisbane Times
Expressindia.com
www.iol.co.za
Sonoma State Star
Bristol Herald Courier
Change.org
Scotsman
The Sun
Coventry Telegraph
An examination of date rape, victim dress and perceiver variables within the context of attribution theory. Workman, Jane E. and Freeburg, Elizabeth W. Sex Roles, Vol. 41, No. 3/4, 1999
Cassidy, Linda
The Telegraph
The Independent
The Guardian
Drink
The effect of victim’s substance use and relationship closeness on mock jurors’ judgements in an acquaintance rape case. Wenger, Ashley A. and Bornstein, Brian H. Sex Roles [2006] 54: 547-555
ESRC Society Today
- From Sobriety to Stupefaction: Intoxication & Jury Decision-Making in Rape Trials. Finch, E. & V.E. Munro
Innovations Report
Business Times Online
The Guardian
- Drunk men who demand sex from partners should be ‘treated as rapists’
- Rape victims told alcohol consumption may cost them compensation
- Blaming the victim
The Calgary Herald
Scotland on Sunday
Intimacy and Relationships
Easteal, Patricia & McOrmond-Plummer, Louise Hybrid Publishers, 2006
The effect of participant sex, victim dress, and traditional attitudes on causal judgements for marital rape victims. Whatley, Mark A. Journal of Family Violence, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2005
The lore of sexual difference in social and legal discourse on ‘date rape’. Bryan, Ian and Wallbank, Julie. Law and Critique 15: 183-206, 2004
Women’s Health Australia
- Raped by a partner: A research report. Women’s Health Goulburn North East, 2008
US Department of Justice, 2000
Australian Institute of Criminology
- Intimate partner sexual assault: the impact of competing demands on victims’ decisions to seek criminal justice solutions (2003). Lievore, Denise
Washington City Paper
New Statesman
Library Index
The Age, Australia
The Telegraph