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Professor Clare McGlynn's Outputs (6)

Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography (2021)
Journal Article
Vera-Gray, F., McGlynn, C., Kureshi, I., & Butterby, K. (2021). Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 61(5), 1243-1260. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab035

This article examines the ways in which mainstream pornography positions sexual violence as a normative sexual script by analysing the video titles found on the landing pages of the three most popular pornography websites in the United Kingdom. The s... Read More about Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography.

Regulating pornography: Developments in evidence, theory, and law (2020)
Book Chapter
Vera-Gray, F., & McGlynn, C. (2020). Regulating pornography: Developments in evidence, theory, and law. In C. Ashford, & A. Maine (Eds.), Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality, and Law (471-483). Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter examines whether recent developments in feminist and intersectional theory suggest new justifications for pornography regulation beyond obscenity We argue that such developments evidence the need for a deeper understanding of how mainstr... Read More about Regulating pornography: Developments in evidence, theory, and law.

Using restorative justice approaches to police domestic violence and abuse (2018)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N., McGlynn, C., & Humphreys, C. (2018). Using restorative justice approaches to police domestic violence and abuse. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2(2), 339-358. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868018x15266373253417

The use of restorative justice in cases of domestic abuse is highly controversial. While little is known about how restorative approaches are used by the police, recent research shows they are used on a widespread basis to respond to domestic abuse t... Read More about Using restorative justice approaches to police domestic violence and abuse.

Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice (2018)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., & Westmarland, N. (2019). Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice. Social and Legal Studies, 28(2), 179-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663918761200

This article proposes a more multifaceted way of thinking about victim-survivors’ perceptions of justice; what we have termed ‘kaleidoscopic justice’. Developed from an empirical investigation with 20 victim-survivors of sexual violence, kaleidoscopi... Read More about Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice.

Under the radar: the widespread use of 'Out of Court resolutions' in policing domestic violence and abuse in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., Westmarland, N., & Johnson, K. (2018). Under the radar: the widespread use of 'Out of Court resolutions' in policing domestic violence and abuse in the United Kingdom. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 58(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx004

The suitability of ‘out of court resolutions’ (restorative justice and community resolutions) in cases of domestic abuse is theoretically contentious and empirically under-researched. This study investigated the nature and extent of out of court reso... Read More about Under the radar: the widespread use of 'Out of Court resolutions' in policing domestic violence and abuse in the United Kingdom.

"I just wanted him to hear me": sexual violence and the possibilities of restorative justice (2012)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., Westmarland, N., & Godden, N. (2012). "I just wanted him to hear me": sexual violence and the possibilities of restorative justice. Journal of Law and Society, 39(2), 213-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2012.00579.x

The use of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence is highly contentious. Resistance comes from those who argue that it may trivialise violence against women, re-victimise the vulnerable and endanger the safety of victim-survivors. On the oth... Read More about "I just wanted him to hear me": sexual violence and the possibilities of restorative justice.