Michelle Madden Dempsey
Biographic Data
| ID | 147673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Madden Dempsey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle Madden |
| FAMILY NAME | Dempsey |
| SIGNATURE | DEMPSEY M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3899-0914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coercion, Consent, and Time
This article sets out a framework for distinguishing three kinds of norms governing past sexual (mis)conduct and our responses to it: wrongfulness norms, excusability norms, and accountability norms. The framework provides conceptual tools for making sense of (and understanding the limits of) three distinct responses commonly offered by those accused of past sexual misconduct: “But that used to be okay!” “But everybody used to think that was okay…
What Counts as Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation? How Legal Methods Can Improve Empirical Research
This article, a contribution to a special issue of the Journal of Human Trafficking examining “data wars” amongst empirical researchers who purport to study the prevalence of human trafficking, explores how closer attention to legal methods may improve the validity and reliability of research regarding the prevalence of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The author hopes to illuminate and motivate two conclusions. First, some res…
Labelling the Victims of Sex Trafficking: Exploring the Borderland between Rhetoric and Reality
In this article we discuss findings from a small scoping study into the experiences of victims of trafficking and those who work with them. We use testimonies from our interviews to examine issues of choice, slavery and escape. We challenge some of the current language and terminology in the literature on trafficking and call for a more nuanced appreciation of the relationship between agency and victimization
Researching Trafficked Women: On Institutional Resistance and the Limits to Feminist Reflexivity
This article exposes methodological barriers we encountered in a small research project on women trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation and our attempts, drawing on feminist and emergent methods, to resolve them. It critically assesses the role of institutional gatekeepers and the practical challenges faced in obtaining data directly from trafficking victims. Such difficulties, it suggests, spring at least in part from lingering disagr…
Prosecuting Domestic Violence: A Philosophical Analysis
What should public prosecutors do when victims withdraw support for domestic violence prosecutions? This book defends the claim that (within the realm of justified/permissible action) prosecutors should respond effectively; which is to say that ceteris paribus domestic-violence prosecutors should respond as feminists. This claim is intended as a provocative formulation of the proposition that domestic violence prosecutors should act for reasons g…
Toward a Feminist State: What Does ‘Effective’ Prosecution of Domestic Violence Mean
This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what ‘effective’ prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that ‘effective’ prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which …
Labelling the Victims of Sex Trafficking: Exploring the Borderland between Rhetoric and Reality
In this article we discuss findings from a small scoping study into the experiences of victims of trafficking and those who work with them. We use testimonies from our interviews to examine issues of choice, slavery and escape. We challenge some of the current language and terminology in the literature on trafficking and call for a more nuanced appreciation of the relationship between agency and victimization
Researching Trafficked Women: On Institutional Resistance and the Limits to Feminist Reflexivity
This article exposes methodological barriers we encountered in a small research project on women trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation and our attempts, drawing on feminist and emergent methods, to resolve them. It critically assesses the role of institutional gatekeepers and the practical challenges faced in obtaining data directly from trafficking victims. Such difficulties, it suggests, spring at least in part from lingering disagr…
What Counts as Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation? How Legal Methods Can Improve Empirical Research
This article, a contribution to a special issue of the Journal of Human Trafficking examining “data wars” amongst empirical researchers who purport to study the prevalence of human trafficking, explores how closer attention to legal methods may improve the validity and reliability of research regarding the prevalence of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The author hopes to illuminate and motivate two conclusions. First, some res…
Toward a Feminist State: What Does ‘Effective’ Prosecution of Domestic Violence Mean
This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what ‘effective’ prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that ‘effective’ prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which …
Toward a Feminist State: What Does ‘Effective’ Prosecution of Domestic Violence Mean
This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what ‘effective’ prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that ‘effective’ prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which …
Prosecuting Domestic Violence: A Philosophical Analysis
What should public prosecutors do when victims withdraw support for domestic violence prosecutions? This book defends the claim that (within the realm of justified/permissible action) prosecutors should respond effectively; which is to say that ceteris paribus domestic-violence prosecutors should respond as feminists. This claim is intended as a provocative formulation of the proposition that domestic violence prosecutors should act for reasons g…
Labelling the Victims of Sex Trafficking: Exploring the Borderland between Rhetoric and Reality
In this article we discuss findings from a small scoping study into the experiences of victims of trafficking and those who work with them. We use testimonies from our interviews to examine issues of choice, slavery and escape. We challenge some of the current language and terminology in the literature on trafficking and call for a more nuanced appreciation of the relationship between agency and victimization
Researching Trafficked Women: On Institutional Resistance and the Limits to Feminist Reflexivity
This article exposes methodological barriers we encountered in a small research project on women trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation and our attempts, drawing on feminist and emergent methods, to resolve them. It critically assesses the role of institutional gatekeepers and the practical challenges faced in obtaining data directly from trafficking victims. Such difficulties, it suggests, spring at least in part from lingering disagr…
What Counts as Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation? How Legal Methods Can Improve Empirical Research
This article, a contribution to a special issue of the Journal of Human Trafficking examining “data wars” amongst empirical researchers who purport to study the prevalence of human trafficking, explores how closer attention to legal methods may improve the validity and reliability of research regarding the prevalence of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The author hopes to illuminate and motivate two conclusions. First, some res…
Coercion, Consent, and Time
This article sets out a framework for distinguishing three kinds of norms governing past sexual (mis)conduct and our responses to it: wrongfulness norms, excusability norms, and accountability norms. The framework provides conceptual tools for making sense of (and understanding the limits of) three distinct responses commonly offered by those accused of past sexual misconduct: “But that used to be okay!” “But everybody used to think that was okay…
Political science (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Action (physics) (2 works)