Abstract
This conference followed the screening of the ABC TV documentary "Without consent" which highlighted the devastating effect that sexual assault has on the lives of victims. Papers presented are divided into four sections: the background to rape; its effects on survivors; characteristics of rapists; and prevention and change.
Proceedings of a conference held 27-29 October 1992
Contents
- Foreword
Patricia Weiser Easteal - Introductory address
Sally Brown
Part 1: Overview
- Introduction to part 1: Overview
- Without consent: the aims, the insights, the aftermath
David Goldie - Rape and 'real rape'
Joanne Spangaro - Beliefs about rape: a national survey
Dr Patricia Weiser Easteal - Patterns of rape: a preliminary Queensland perspective
Amanda Moran - Only a witness
Lynette Byrnes and Susan Kendall
Part 2: The survivors
- Introduction to part 2: The survivors
- Survivors of sexual assault: a national survey
Dr Patricia Weiser Easteal - No real harm done: sexual assault and the criminal justice system
Donna Stuart - Victim reactions during rape/sexual assault: a preliminary study of the immobility response and its correlates
Grace Galliano, Linda M. Noble, Carol Puechl and Linda A. Travis - Understanding women's rape experiences and fears
Analise Poropat - Sexual assault and HIV/AIDS: the implications
Esma Polkinghorne - Sexual assault: issues for Aboriginal women
Carol Thomas - Crossing the last frontier: problems facing Aboriginal women victims of rape in central Australia
Jane Lloyd and Nanette Rogers - Sexual assault: a public responsibility
Raquel Aldunate - Judicial vision: rape, prostitution and the 'chaste woman'
Jocelynne Scutt - Rape and the sex industry
Keith Gilbert - Violence against women in the church community: Project Anna
Anne Hall and Helen Last - Sexual violence against intellectually disabled victims
Associate Professor Susan Hayes - Strip searches: sexual assault by the state
Amanda George - Sexual assault of males
Peter Poropat and Dr Wendell Rosevear
Part 3: About the rapist
- Introduction to part 3: About the rapist
- What is it about men that makes them do the things they do?
Ronald Frey and Peter Douglas - Sexual offenders and pornography: a causal connection?
Marlene Goldsmith - The treatment of rapists: a measure of prevention
Denise Cull - Who is the rapist? A series of case studies
Mark Crake - Profiling the rapist: the prediction of dangerousness
Dr William Glaser - Professional responsibility for sexual violence: a study of self-interest, mythology and exculpation
Stephen Wallace
Part 4: Prevention and change
- Introduction to part 4: Prevention and change
- Rape prevention: combatting the myths
Dr Patricia Weiser Easteal - Preventing adult sexual assault: violence, gender and power, and the role of education
Irene Tomaszewski - Talking to men in the workplace about sexual assault against women
Bob Pease and J. Carlos Velazquez - Rape, resistance and women's rights of self-defence
Dr Gail Reekie and Professor Paul Wilson - Towards changing procedures and attitudes in sexual assault cases
Melanie Heenan and Helen McKelvie - Legislating to change social attitudes: the significance of Section 37(a) of the Victorian Crimes Act 1958
Bernadette McSherry - Sexual offence intelligence: proactive approaches for police
Dr John W. Scheffer - Sexual assault: the police investigation perspective
Detective Inspector Dannye Moloney - Without consent: confronting adult sexual violence, Melbourne, 27-29 October 1992: recommendations of the conference