Restorative and transformative solutions to sexual violence

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Uluslararası İlişkiler A.B.D., Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2014

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: MATTHEW JOHNSON

Asıl Danışman (Eş Danışmanlı Tezler İçin): MİNE PINAR GÖZEN ERCAN

Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu

Özet:

The criminal justice system rarely produces prosecutions in cases of sexual assault let alone true and enduring satisfaction for the victims and their families (Naylor, 2010). It offers little, if any, provision for perpetrators, their families, or the community that produced them (Hayden, 2012). Perhaps most importantly, it has neither stopped sexual violence nor curtailed it in any reassuring way in the United States, and by reaffirming male-dominated hierarchies and authoritarianism, such as in the police force and prisons, the criminal justice system maintains the culture of violence that gives rise to sexual assault and rape. This view is upheld by the target population to be studied: social justice and anti-authoritarian organizations. Far from frivolous or unorganized in their approach to combating sexual violence within their own ranks, these groups employ interventions in alignment with restorative and transformative justice, which are philosophies and practices representing nonviolent alternatives to retributive justice.Due to their commitment to radical change, these groups have the highest propensity to practice such interventions and may be the only population that does so both systematically and non-professionally. This thesis will list and examine the various models of intervention; demonstrate that the overarching rationale for these approaches isbased on four major themes: ideology, safety, accountability, and survivor support/self-determination; and highlight the most significant benefits and challenges of these interventions— answering the question: how is a restorative/transformative vision of justice being applied to sexual violence within anti-authoritarian/social justice organizations?