Locating Victimhood
Sexual Violence and Institutional Gaslighting in the British Military
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12438253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah K Richards (0000-0002-6609-8149, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 10778012261440223-10778012261440223 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778012261440223 |
| PMID | 41944412 |
| OpenAlex | W7151284641 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
This article examines how the British military responds to sexual violence experienced by its servicewomen. Drawing on observations of 15 hearings at a British military court center, it argues that the logic of operational effectiveness saturates the material and conceptual foundations of military justice. The article shows how the institution is imagined as the victimized subject within the military courts, in turn creating the conditions for the institutional gaslighting of the victim-survivors of sexual violence. This article is the first in-depth, qualitative study of the British military courts, and provides an important new empirical contribution to the study of sexual violence within militaries
Empirical research · Institution · Military justice · Poison control · Sexual violence · Subject (documents · Suicide prevention · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Gender, Violence and Security
War, Identity and the Liberal State
Interpretation in policy analysis
Allies Behaving Badly
“Am I going crazy?!”
Gaslighting
Institutional betrayal and help-seeking among women survivors of military sexual trauma
Sexual offences committed by members of the armed forces
Bringing injustice back in
The Baha Mousa Tragedy
Service-Women’s Responses to Sexual Harassment
Differential Treatment of Sexual Assault Cases by US Army Law Enforcement Personnel
Accessing Rights and Mitigating Revictimization
Experiences and Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in the Canadian Forces Combat Arms
Commanding men, governing masculinities
Liberal militarism as insecurity, desire and ambivalence
Continuums of Violence and Peace
Cultural Gaslighting
Legal geography 1
Administrative tribunals and equity
The gendered politics of researching military policy in the age of the ‘knowledge economy’
Teacher Self-Care Mandates as Institutional Gaslighting in a Neoliberal System
Foreign Policy as Social Construction
White Feminist Gaslighting
The Sociology of Gaslighting
Informed Consent as Process
Embodied Exhibits
Observing judicial work and emotions
She Clearly Thought That Something Bad Had Happened to Her
Military social harm
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |