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Seeking campus justice : challenging the 'criminal justice drift' in United Kingdom university responses to student sexual violence and misconduct

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Cowan, Sharon and Munro, Vanessa (2021) Seeking campus justice : challenging the 'criminal justice drift' in United Kingdom university responses to student sexual violence and misconduct. Journal of Law and Society, 48 (3). pp. 308-333. doi:10.1111/jols.12306 ISSN 0263-323X.

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Abstract

In recent years, growing concerns have been expressed – including in the press and social media – over the apparently inadequate responses of many United Kingdom (UK) universities to complaints of student sexual violence and misconduct (SSVM). In this article, we underscore universities’ legal, ethical, and civic responsibilities to students, which require them to implement effective regimes for the prevention and sanctioning of such behaviour. We suggest, however, that current responses are moving in the wrong direction. More specifically, universities are too often turning (back) towards adversarial and procedural paradigms, developed within the criminal justice system, where the persistence of a ‘justice gap’ in cases of rape and sexual assault has been well documented. We argue that this ‘criminal justice drift’ may frustrate the possibility for more tailored, transformative, and trauma-informed processes for addressing SSVM within higher education institutions.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Rape in universities and colleges, Rape in universities and colleges -- Great Britain, Campus violence -- Great Britain, Women college students -- Violence against -- Great Britain, Sexual harassment in education -- Great Britain., Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Administration, College discipline -- Great Britain, Universities and colleges -- Safety measures -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Law and Society
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0263-323X
Official Date: September 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2021Published
5 August 2021Available
10 July 2021Accepted
Volume: 48
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 308-333
DOI: 10.1111/jols.12306
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders: © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Law and Society published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Cardiff University (CU).
Date of first compliant deposit: 2 August 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 9 August 2021
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