Researching ‘Under the Radar’ practices: Exploring restorative practices in sexual violence cases
Sexual violence is a pernicious social phenomenon. The limited effectiveness of traditional justice responses has resulted in a search for alternative and innovative responses. This article highlights research and presents findings regarding one such innovative response to sexual violence:...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2018/1450-66371801107O.pdf |
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| Summary: | Sexual violence is a pernicious social phenomenon. The limited effectiveness
of traditional justice responses has resulted in a search for alternative
and innovative responses. This article highlights research and presents
findings regarding one such innovative response to sexual violence:
restorative justice. While the study adopted a multi-strategy research
design to explore the potential of restorative justice in cases of sexual
violence this article focuses in particular on one aspect of that design: a
webbased survey used to map the global population of programmes engaging in
these practices. The article highlights the many challenges inherent in
researching emerging social responses and suggests that web-based surveys
offer a means of mapping emerging or ‘under the radar’ practices and
harvesting important qualitative as well as quantitative data on sensitive
topics. They may be especially valuable when populations are geographically
dispersed. However, tailoring survey instruments for respondents who are
multi-lingual presents difficulties, particularly when the issues under
investigation are linguistically and cognitively complex. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |