Gill, Aisha K and Harrison, Karen (2019) ‘I Am Talking About It Because I Want to Stop It’: Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Against Women in British South Asian Communities. The British Journal of Criminology, 59 (3). pp. 511-529. ISSN 0007-0955
Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc%2Fazy059
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Item Type: | Article |
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Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
This article explores the role of socio-cultural factors in violence against women and girls, focusing on child sexual abuse (CSA) and sexual violence (SV) in British South Asian communities. Using examples from 13 in-depth interviews with survivors, the researchers examine (1) how abusers gain access to their victims, (2) family and community responses and (3) the role of cultural factors in concealing CSA/SV. The interviews demonstrate that British South Asian survivors are extremely reluctant to disclose SV/CSA due to factors that other groups of victims usually do not face, including a general taboo about discussing sex and strong cultural norms around notions of shame. These findings are contextualized in relation to a larger study that also involved community focus groups and interviews with professionals in relevant fields. Moving forward, new culturally specific support pathways for British South Asian victims must be developed that take account of the role that victims and their communities must play if CSA and SV are to be effectively combatted.
Keywords: | sexual violence, Child sexual abuse, British South Asian communities |
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Subjects: | M Law > M990 Law not elsewhere classified |
Divisions: | College of Social Science > Lincoln Law School |
ID Code: | 41972 |
Deposited On: | 12 Aug 2020 11:38 |
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