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Rape's a real crime (2008)
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Westmarland, N. (2008). Rape's a real crime

Rape has been seen as a 'woman's problem' for far too long and we urgently need more men to publicly condemn sexual violence, writes Dr Nicole Westmarland.

Preface (2008)
Book Chapter
Westmarland, N. (2008). Preface. In H. Jones, & K. Cook (Eds.), Rape crisis : responding to sexual violence. Russell House

The Rape Crisis crisis (2008)
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Westmarland, N. (2008). The Rape Crisis crisis

Nine Rape Crisis Centres have closed in the last five years, 69% describe themselves as unsustainable. This is a crisis and the movement needs money before it crumbles, writes Dr Nicole Westmarland.

Introduction: Approaches to prostitution (2006)
Book Chapter
Westmarland, N., & Gangoli, G. (2006). Introduction: Approaches to prostitution. In N. Westmarland, & G. Gangoli (Eds.), International approaches to prostitution: Law and policy in Europe and Asia (1-17). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781861346728.001.0001

The issue of prostitution brings to the fore many of the contradictions in feminist politics, and the ambivalence in dealing with issues of sexuality reflected both in Asian and Western feminist politics. This chapter presents a brief insight into ho... Read More about Introduction: Approaches to prostitution.

Approaches to Prostitution. (2006)
Book Chapter
Westmarland, N., & Gangoli, G. (2006). Approaches to Prostitution. In N. Westmarland, & G. Gangoli (Eds.), International Approaches to Prostitution: Law and Policy in Europe and Asia. Policy Press

Domestic Violence Perpetrators (2006)
Journal Article
Hester, M., & Westmarland, N. (2006). Domestic Violence Perpetrators. Criminal justice matters, 66(1), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627250608553400

Marianne Hester and Nicole Westmarland argue that the pattern of repeat offending in domestic violence requires a systematic response from the criminal justice system.

Safe at the Wheel? Security issues for female taxi drivers (2001)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N., & Anderson, J. (2001). Safe at the Wheel? Security issues for female taxi drivers. Security Journal, 14(2), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.5555/sj.2001.14.2.29

Women entering the workforce as taxi drivers face the same security concerns as male drivers; however, they additionally face gender-dominated2 forms of victimization. The first part of this article reports empirical research showing that female and... Read More about Safe at the Wheel? Security issues for female taxi drivers.

The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity (2001)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N. (2001). The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 2(1),

Research methods are "technique(s) for ... gathering data" (HARDING 1986) and are generally dichotomised into being either quantitative or qualitative. It has been argued that methodology has been gendered (OAKLEY 1997; 1998), with quantitative metho... Read More about The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity.