Chair: Prof Susanne Stenbacka, Uppsala University
Women abuse in rural places
Speaker: Walter DeKeseredy, West Virginia University, USA, Email: wsdekeseredy@mail.wvu.edu
This presentation chronicles key contemporary developments in the social scientific study of various types of male-to-female abuse in rural places and suggests new directions in research, theory, and policy. The main objective of this presentation is not to simply provide a dry recitation of the extant literature on the abuse of rural women in private places. To be sure, this material is covered, but rural women’s experiences of crimes of the powerful like genocidal rape and corporate violence against female employees are also examined.
Women abuse post covid reflections from ROKS
Speaker: Jenny Westerstrand, ROKS, Sweden, Email: jenny.westerstrand@roks.se
In this presentation, I will be reflecting on the experiences on the reports of women abuse pre-post covid area in Sweden from the perspective of ROKS - the National Organization for Women’s Shelters and Young Women's Shelters in Sweden, which is the largest member organisation for women's shelters and young women's shelters in the country.
Policing Intimate Partner Violence in rural areas –Severity and Recidivism
Speaker: Susanne Strand, Örebro University, Sweden, Email: susanne.strand@oru.se
Policing intimate partner violence is a difficult task, specifically in rural areas since the violence can be ongoing for a very long time and police resources in rural areas are extremely limited. Managing risk for intimate partner violence is also difficult in rural areas due to long distances and being few police officers on duty as well as there are fewer resources in general to rely upon, i.e. health care and social services institutions. This presentation will focus on the challenges that occur during these conditions and specifically the severity of the reported violence in rural and remote areas in Sweden as well as the recidivism rates of such violence.