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'The promotion and resistance of rape myths in an internet discussion forum’ (2010)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N., & Graham, L. (2010). 'The promotion and resistance of rape myths in an internet discussion forum’. The journal of social criminology, 1(2), 80-104

There is now widespread recognition in the UK that the problems faced in rape prosecutions cannot be dealt with solely through legal reform (HM Government, 2007; Rape Crisis Scotland, 2008; Temkin and Krahe, 2008) and that a societal shift in attitud... Read More about 'The promotion and resistance of rape myths in an internet discussion forum’.

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.