Addressing the Legal Void
Ensuring Justice for Adult Male Rape Victims in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4220545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhammad Tayyab Alam (0000-0002-3466-808X, corresponding author), Ahmad Abbas (0000-0002-6492-8145), Iin Mutmainnah, Sabrina Afrin Tonny (0000-0003-2561-9814) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-116 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Legal Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1265 • E-ISSN: 2331-4117 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/jli.2023.20 |
| OpenAlex | W4393907590 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The objective of this study is to explore and determine the legal constraints related to adult male rape and the consequences as they exist in the Bangladeshi criminal justice system. Primary and secondary data sources for the study were derived from the narratives of adult male rape survivors, blood relatives of rape survivors, police officers, and legal practitioners. A snowball sampling technique was applied. The study reveals that there is an absence of a police-support response to adult male rape victims, which is attributable to the lack of a gender-neutral definition of rape. This legal definition vacuum diverts complainants to a range of other futile options, such as submitting a general diary and/or adjacent complaints and seeking assistance from other law enforcement agencies. Finally, this study demonstrates that the landscape of the Bangladeshi criminal justice system is likely to remain unchanged until its legal foundation is better developed
Criminology · Economic Justice · Forensic engineering · Political science · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Engineering · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Materials Science · Psychology
Women as Wartime Rapists
Personal Power and Public Control
Male rape, masculinities, and sexualities
The Spectral Wound
Moving through shadows
Gay male rape victims
The Impact of Rape on Individual, Interpersonal, and Family Functioning
Voluntary Agencies’ Responses to, and Attitudes toward Male Rape
The ‘New’ national development planning and global development goals
Sex and the Rights of Man
Effects of Rape on Men
Feminist lawyering, violence against women, and the politics of law reform in India
Masculinities, sexualities and identities
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |