RT Article
T1 Sexual Assault, Female Immigrant Victims, and Judicial Focal Concerns in U.S. and Canadian Courts
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 50
IS 3
SP 510
OP 540
A1 Hashmi, Sidra
A2 Reid, Jonathan C.
A2 Brown, Samantha J.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1927084849
AB This study draws on the focal concerns perspective to explore the persistence of rape myths in U.S. and Canadian court cases involving immigrant women survivors. Results from qualitative content analysis of judicial rhetoric in both countries from 1996 to 2021 reveal a nuanced picture. Notably, judges reinforced some rape myths by, for example, being less likely to uphold convictions in cases that did not involve weapons or that occurred in private settings. However, judges challenged rape myths, with some judges explicitly considering the vulnerability of immigrant women, further contributing to the complexities of their decision-making process.
K1 Focal Concerns
K1 gender-based violence
K1 Immigrant
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 Rape Myths
K1 Gender and Crime
K1 Class
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Victimology
K1 Legal History
K1 Sexuality and Law
K1 Gender
K1 European Criminal Law
K1 Critical Criminology
DO 10.1007/s12103-025-09797-9