Rita Shackel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Shackel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Shackel |
| SIGNATURE | SHACKEL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1669-3019 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adult Sexual Assault Patients’ Experience of the Physical Examination Component of the Medical Forensic Examination
We undertook a scoping review of published research literature that reported on adult sexual assault patients’ experience of the physical examination component of the medical forensic examination (MFE). Eligible papers were those reporting data about the physical examination component of the MFE from the adult patient’s perspective, published in the period January 2000 to March 2022 in peer reviewed journals and reports containing original resear…
Childcare in Contemporary Africa
Kinship care and child fostering are a common practice in certain parts of Africa. This narrative review seeks to explore and thematically code the contextual circumstances in which children leave their natal homes and are fostered across Africa and the corresponding outcomes for these children. It draws on case studies from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Namibia and other countries across the region to illus…
Transformative Social Responses to Domestic, Family, and Sexualized Violence
This article reports on a qualitative study exploring victim-survivors' and social responders' experiences of Insight Exchange, an Australian-based victim-survivor-centered initiative informed by the center for response-based practice. This study involved 51 participants who completed an online survey ( N = 43 social responders, N = 8 victim-survivors) and 16 participants ( N = 12 social responders, N = 4 victim-survivors) who participated in sem…
The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children
Decades of collective and cumulative work by practitioners, activists and researchers have made violence prevention an important part of international development agendas. However, violence prevention and response work addressing women and children has historically been siloed. Those working at the intersection of violence against women (VaW) and violence against children (VaC) have wrestled with the age-gender divide. Addressing the historical a…
Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice
Ending Rape in War
The rape of women has for centuries been an endemic feature of war, yet perpetrators largely go unpunished. Women were sanctioned as the spoils of war in biblical times and more recently it has been claimed that it is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in modern conflict. Nevertheless, until the establishment of the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia - there was very little concern regarding the …
Responding to Historical Child Sexual Abuse and the Needs of Survivors
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJudy CashmoreJudy Cashmore AO is an Associate Professor in Socio-Legal Studies at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney. She has a PhD in developmental psychology and a Masters degree in education. Her research concerns children's involvement in civil and criminal proceedings and other processes in which decisions are made about children's lives. The special focus of this research has been on children'…
Gender Differences in the Context and Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse, and particularly the abuse of boys, is now the focus of significant research and attention — especially in light of various inquiries, as many victim-survivors come forward years after their abuse to testify to their abuse by clergy and other institutions. This article examines what the research to date has revealed about gender differences in the dynamics of child sexual abuse and the sequelae for male and female victims. The…
Gender, poverty and violence
Serial Survivors
Review(s) of: Serial Survivors: Women's Narratives of Surviving Rape, by Jan Jordan, Federation Press, Sydney, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-86287-679-8). Includes references
Serial Survivors
Review(s) of: Serial Survivors: Women's Narratives of Surviving Rape, by Jan Jordan, Federation Press, Sydney, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-86287-679-8). Includes references
Responding to Historical Child Sexual Abuse and the Needs of Survivors
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJudy CashmoreJudy Cashmore AO is an Associate Professor in Socio-Legal Studies at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney. She has a PhD in developmental psychology and a Masters degree in education. Her research concerns children's involvement in civil and criminal proceedings and other processes in which decisions are made about children's lives. The special focus of this research has been on children'…
Gender Differences in the Context and Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse, and particularly the abuse of boys, is now the focus of significant research and attention — especially in light of various inquiries, as many victim-survivors come forward years after their abuse to testify to their abuse by clergy and other institutions. This article examines what the research to date has revealed about gender differences in the dynamics of child sexual abuse and the sequelae for male and female victims. The…
Gender, poverty and violence
Ending Rape in War
The rape of women has for centuries been an endemic feature of war, yet perpetrators largely go unpunished. Women were sanctioned as the spoils of war in biblical times and more recently it has been claimed that it is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in modern conflict. Nevertheless, until the establishment of the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia - there was very little concern regarding the …
Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice
The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children
Decades of collective and cumulative work by practitioners, activists and researchers have made violence prevention an important part of international development agendas. However, violence prevention and response work addressing women and children has historically been siloed. Those working at the intersection of violence against women (VaW) and violence against children (VaC) have wrestled with the age-gender divide. Addressing the historical a…
Transformative Social Responses to Domestic, Family, and Sexualized Violence
This article reports on a qualitative study exploring victim-survivors' and social responders' experiences of Insight Exchange, an Australian-based victim-survivor-centered initiative informed by the center for response-based practice. This study involved 51 participants who completed an online survey ( N = 43 social responders, N = 8 victim-survivors) and 16 participants ( N = 12 social responders, N = 4 victim-survivors) who participated in sem…
Adult Sexual Assault Patients’ Experience of the Physical Examination Component of the Medical Forensic Examination
We undertook a scoping review of published research literature that reported on adult sexual assault patients’ experience of the physical examination component of the medical forensic examination (MFE). Eligible papers were those reporting data about the physical examination component of the MFE from the adult patient’s perspective, published in the period January 2000 to March 2022 in peer reviewed journals and reports containing original resear…
Childcare in Contemporary Africa
Kinship care and child fostering are a common practice in certain parts of Africa. This narrative review seeks to explore and thematically code the contextual circumstances in which children leave their natal homes and are fostered across Africa and the corresponding outcomes for these children. It draws on case studies from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Namibia and other countries across the region to illus…
Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Suicide prevention (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)