Andrea Hollomotz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4250359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Hollomotz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Hollomotz |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLOMOTZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3496-3924 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Disability and sexual violence
Disabled people face a significantly higher risk of experiencing sexual violence compared to non-disabled people. Yet, historically, the attention paid to disability as a demographic risk factor in evaluations of official statistics has been sketchy at best. A recent development is that the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) now includes disability in releases reporting victim characteristics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW…
Successful Community Resettlement of Men with Learning Disabilities Who Have Completed a Hospital-Based Treatment for Sexual Offending
Treatment for sexual offending equips men with learning disabilities with tools required for pro-social community living. In the past, risk aversiveness prevented discharges from hospital, but fieldwork took place at the time of the Transforming Care Agenda, which sought to enable more people to return to their communities. This offered the opportunity to gain unique insights into community resettlement planning in cases that require ongoing risk…
Successful interviews with people with intellectual disability
People with intellectual disability who possess expressive language are able to participate successfully in qualitative interviews, providing the facilitator pays close attention to their communication preferences. This article considers the successes and flaws in interviewing techniques utilised in a study that invited twelve men and 17 women to talk about sex, risk, social and leisure life. Questions were posed in plain language and accompanied…
Are We Valuing People's Choices Now? Restrictions to Mundane Choices Made by Adults with Learning Difficulties
In the UK, Valuing People (Department of Health, 2001, 2010b) has shaped services for people with learning difficulties for the past decade. Promoting choices and independence are two of the four key principles that underpin this White Paper and its subsequent delivery plans. This paper assesses the impact that these changes had on the availability of mundane choices. It draws on empirical evidence from interviews with adults with learning diffic…
Exploiting the Fifty Shades of Grey craze for the disability and sexual rights agenda
This paper does not present a literary critique of Fifty Shades of Grey, nor does it aim to take sides in the fierce disputes about the ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ of the storyline. Instead, it examines these debates with curiosity. It becomes apparent that the popular trilogy by E.L. James has encouraged more open discussions about sex and sexuality amongst groups who, until recently, have taken a backseat. The significance and usefulness of drawing o…
Making life work
Disability, Oppression and Violence
Disabled people are exposed to a higher incidence of violence compared to the population average. Consequently, they are often described as 'vulnerable'. This article argues that this concept focuses explanations for violence on the person at risk. It therefore redirects attention towards the social forces that make violence more likely to occur. With reference to case studies, a micro-analysis outlines how subtle forms of oppression, including i…
Disabled Women and Domestic Violence
I think that the domestic violence thing, in a way, kind of misleads disabled women because you always think of a man and a woman married or in a partnership. He hits her. But actually it's far more complex than that .... It's big, it's so big and I think it's uncomfortable for non-disabled people to face up to (Domestic violence survivor, cited p. 35).
A lad tried to get hold of my boobs, so I kicked him’
People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual and other forms of violence than non-disabled people. Nevertheless, several respondents in this study have demonstrated some self-protective competencies. Most knew of their right not to be violated and a number of participants described situations when they had attempted to initiate their own safeguarding. Some had asked others for help with this. However, approp…
Beyond 'Vulnerability
This paper presents an ecological model approach to conceptualizing risk of sexual violence against people with learning difficulties, which takes account of the complex social processes involved in the creation of risk. The concept ‘vulnerability’, often assumed to be a risk-creating characteristic of people with learning difficulties, is too simplistic to take account of all the processes involved in the formation of risk of sexual violence. Ri…
Successful interviews with people with intellectual disability
People with intellectual disability who possess expressive language are able to participate successfully in qualitative interviews, providing the facilitator pays close attention to their communication preferences. This article considers the successes and flaws in interviewing techniques utilised in a study that invited twelve men and 17 women to talk about sex, risk, social and leisure life. Questions were posed in plain language and accompanied…
Disability, Oppression and Violence
Disabled people are exposed to a higher incidence of violence compared to the population average. Consequently, they are often described as 'vulnerable'. This article argues that this concept focuses explanations for violence on the person at risk. It therefore redirects attention towards the social forces that make violence more likely to occur. With reference to case studies, a micro-analysis outlines how subtle forms of oppression, including i…
A lad tried to get hold of my boobs, so I kicked him’
People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual and other forms of violence than non-disabled people. Nevertheless, several respondents in this study have demonstrated some self-protective competencies. Most knew of their right not to be violated and a number of participants described situations when they had attempted to initiate their own safeguarding. Some had asked others for help with this. However, approp…
Beyond 'Vulnerability
This paper presents an ecological model approach to conceptualizing risk of sexual violence against people with learning difficulties, which takes account of the complex social processes involved in the creation of risk. The concept ‘vulnerability’, often assumed to be a risk-creating characteristic of people with learning difficulties, is too simplistic to take account of all the processes involved in the formation of risk of sexual violence. Ri…
Are We Valuing People's Choices Now? Restrictions to Mundane Choices Made by Adults with Learning Difficulties
In the UK, Valuing People (Department of Health, 2001, 2010b) has shaped services for people with learning difficulties for the past decade. Promoting choices and independence are two of the four key principles that underpin this White Paper and its subsequent delivery plans. This paper assesses the impact that these changes had on the availability of mundane choices. It draws on empirical evidence from interviews with adults with learning diffic…
Exploiting the Fifty Shades of Grey craze for the disability and sexual rights agenda
This paper does not present a literary critique of Fifty Shades of Grey, nor does it aim to take sides in the fierce disputes about the ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ of the storyline. Instead, it examines these debates with curiosity. It becomes apparent that the popular trilogy by E.L. James has encouraged more open discussions about sex and sexuality amongst groups who, until recently, have taken a backseat. The significance and usefulness of drawing o…
Beyond 'Vulnerability
This paper presents an ecological model approach to conceptualizing risk of sexual violence against people with learning difficulties, which takes account of the complex social processes involved in the creation of risk. The concept ‘vulnerability’, often assumed to be a risk-creating characteristic of people with learning difficulties, is too simplistic to take account of all the processes involved in the formation of risk of sexual violence. Ri…
A lad tried to get hold of my boobs, so I kicked him’
People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual and other forms of violence than non-disabled people. Nevertheless, several respondents in this study have demonstrated some self-protective competencies. Most knew of their right not to be violated and a number of participants described situations when they had attempted to initiate their own safeguarding. Some had asked others for help with this. However, approp…
Disabled Women and Domestic Violence
I think that the domestic violence thing, in a way, kind of misleads disabled women because you always think of a man and a woman married or in a partnership. He hits her. But actually it's far more complex than that .... It's big, it's so big and I think it's uncomfortable for non-disabled people to face up to (Domestic violence survivor, cited p. 35).
Exploiting the Fifty Shades of Grey craze for the disability and sexual rights agenda
This paper does not present a literary critique of Fifty Shades of Grey, nor does it aim to take sides in the fierce disputes about the ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ of the storyline. Instead, it examines these debates with curiosity. It becomes apparent that the popular trilogy by E.L. James has encouraged more open discussions about sex and sexuality amongst groups who, until recently, have taken a backseat. The significance and usefulness of drawing o…
Making life work
Disability, Oppression and Violence
Disabled people are exposed to a higher incidence of violence compared to the population average. Consequently, they are often described as 'vulnerable'. This article argues that this concept focuses explanations for violence on the person at risk. It therefore redirects attention towards the social forces that make violence more likely to occur. With reference to case studies, a micro-analysis outlines how subtle forms of oppression, including i…
Are We Valuing People's Choices Now? Restrictions to Mundane Choices Made by Adults with Learning Difficulties
In the UK, Valuing People (Department of Health, 2001, 2010b) has shaped services for people with learning difficulties for the past decade. Promoting choices and independence are two of the four key principles that underpin this White Paper and its subsequent delivery plans. This paper assesses the impact that these changes had on the availability of mundane choices. It draws on empirical evidence from interviews with adults with learning diffic…
Successful interviews with people with intellectual disability
People with intellectual disability who possess expressive language are able to participate successfully in qualitative interviews, providing the facilitator pays close attention to their communication preferences. This article considers the successes and flaws in interviewing techniques utilised in a study that invited twelve men and 17 women to talk about sex, risk, social and leisure life. Questions were posed in plain language and accompanied…
Successful Community Resettlement of Men with Learning Disabilities Who Have Completed a Hospital-Based Treatment for Sexual Offending
Treatment for sexual offending equips men with learning disabilities with tools required for pro-social community living. In the past, risk aversiveness prevented discharges from hospital, but fieldwork took place at the time of the Transforming Care Agenda, which sought to enable more people to return to their communities. This offered the opportunity to gain unique insights into community resettlement planning in cases that require ongoing risk…
Disability and sexual violence
Disabled people face a significantly higher risk of experiencing sexual violence compared to non-disabled people. Yet, historically, the attention paid to disability as a demographic risk factor in evaluations of official statistics has been sketchy at best. A recent development is that the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) now includes disability in releases reporting victim characteristics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Elder Abuse and Neglect (4 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works)