Gender-Based Violence and the Law

ISBN-13: 9781032469348 / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str.

Opis

This book presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, considering this topic from various perspectives. It encompasses various conceptual discussions and international regulations and trends, while emphasising the legal regulations and practices of select Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Spis treści

Foreword;  Preface;  Part I. Theoretical, Political and Legal Framework for Responding to Gender-Based Violence;  1. A Feminist Approach to Gender-Based Violence: The Role of Objectification and Sexualization of Women;  2. Failed Hegemonic Masculinity, Negative Emotions and Gender-Based Violence: Theories and Elaborations;  3. Gender-Based Violence in International Instruments and Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights;  4. The Istanbul Convention in the Constitutional Jurisprudence of Central and Eastern European States;  Part II. Spotlight on Domestic Violence;  5. Approaches to Criminalisation of Domestic Violence in Central and Eastern European Countries;  6. The Changing Paradigm in Help Provision for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Specialised Complex Help v Generic Social Help Model;  7. Rethinking Work with Intimate Partner Perpetrators: New Prospects for the Successful Implementation of Batterer Intervention Programmes in Lithuania;  8. Economic Empowerment of Women as a Factor Contributing to Prevention of Domestic Violence;  9. Gender-Based Violence against Women with Disabilities;  Part III. Gender-Based Violence in Public Spaces;  10. Sexual Harassment at Workplace in Lithuania: What does the Silence Say?;  11. What Makes Academia (Un)Safe: Experiences, Observations and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence in Different Stages of Individual Researchers’ Career;  12. Gender-Based Violence Online: Cyberstalking Overview in Lithuania

O autorze

Agnė Limantė is a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.

Artūras Tereškinas is a professor of sociology at Vytautas Magnus University and a chief researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.

Rūta Vaičiūnienė is a senior researcher and the Head of the Criminological Research Department at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.