2007

'It's just like going to the supermarket': Men buying sex in East London

This exploratory study extends the limited knowledge base on men who pay for sex. The research explores the decision-making processes of men who pay for sex in the borough of Tower Hamlets, an area of London that has a well-established and visible street soliciting area. The original target group were men arrested during kerb crawling operations. This was, however, supplemented by men recruited through other access routes. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed.

 

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Authors: Maddy Coy, Miranda Horvath, Liz Kelly

From the Outset: Why Violence should be a priority for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights

This paper was commissioned by EVAW for the Equality Review, to argue that violence should be a cross-cutting them in the soon to be established Commission on Equality and Human Rights. The paper was updated and launched at an event hosted by the Equality and Diversity Forum, and has prompted considerable reflection and debate, including on the usefulness of the concept of 'hate crime'.

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Authors: Miranda Horvath, Liz Kelly

Rape in the 21st Century; Old Behaviours, New Contexts and Emerging Powers

Funded by the ESRC, this project builds on an existing data set and seeks to explore the notion that the treatment of reported rape cases is influenced by stereotyoical notions of 'real rape' - committed by strangers, occurring in outdoor locations and involving weapons and injury - and that these function as a template from which all other types of reported cases are judged. The project investigates whether and how explicitly the 'real rape' template is central to constructions and/or understandings of rape in the criminal justice arena and whether and how this is linked to attrition.

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Authors: Jo Lovett, Gordana Uzelac, Miranda Horvath, Liz Kelly

Map of Gaps: The Postcode Lottery of Violence Against Women Support Services

Map of Gaps shows graphically for the first time the real postcode lottery in violence against women support services such as Rape Crisis Centres and domestic violence refuges. A third of local authorities across the UK do not have specialised services, leaving many women without the support they deserve.

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Authors: Liz Kelly, Maddy Coy, Kerry Lee

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