Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence: Danish Research and Policy

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Standard

Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence : Danish Research and Policy. / Bertelsen, Eva; Østerby Sørensen, William; Jensen, Mathilde Worch.

In: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2019, p. 25-46.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

Bertelsen, E, Østerby Sørensen, W & Jensen, MW 2019, 'Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence: Danish Research and Policy', Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 25-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661

APA

Bertelsen, E., Østerby Sørensen, W., & Jensen, M. W. (2019). Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence: Danish Research and Policy. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 28(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661

Vancouver

Bertelsen E, Østerby Sørensen W, Jensen MW. Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence: Danish Research and Policy. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2019;28(1):25-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661

Author

Bertelsen, Eva ; Østerby Sørensen, William ; Jensen, Mathilde Worch. / Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence : Danish Research and Policy. In: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2019 ; Vol. 28, No. 1. pp. 25-46.

Bibtex

@article{636ec798efa245419b0639c0bf94b4e3,
title = "Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence: Danish Research and Policy",
abstract = "En this article the authors seek to describe state responses to figures showing that the rates of physical and/or sexual violence against women in Denmark are among the highest in Europe. The authors do so by investigating the representations of intimate partner sexual violence, framing contemporary political developments of the Danish field of welfare work addressing violence in intimate relationships as well as the dominating knowledge production substantiating these. Theoretically, Slavoj Zizek and his concept objective violence inform the paper, in order to analyze authoritative representations of “intimate partner sexual violence” in two areas: Danish research on sexual violence and Danish policy-papers. On the basis of a descriptive analysis we conclude that intimate partner sexual violence is essentially an unexplored problem in a Danish research context and we show that an incident-oriented conceptualization of rape and sexual assault dominates most of the research on sexual violence. Furthermore, in the political context we identify strong tendencies toward de-gendering violence as an outcome of strategies working to mainstream the field of welfare work addressing violence. This means that in a Danish context working with violence is now taking place within an ideological environment where the idea that equality between the sexes has been achieved dominates.",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, Denmark, evidence-based practice, intimate partner sexual violence, mainstreaming, politics of violence, Slavoj Zizek",
author = "Eva Bertelsen and {{\O}sterby S{\o}rensen}, William and Jensen, {Mathilde Worch}",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "25--46",
journal = "Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma",
issn = "1092-6771",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence

T2 - Danish Research and Policy

AU - Bertelsen, Eva

AU - Østerby Sørensen, William

AU - Jensen, Mathilde Worch

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - En this article the authors seek to describe state responses to figures showing that the rates of physical and/or sexual violence against women in Denmark are among the highest in Europe. The authors do so by investigating the representations of intimate partner sexual violence, framing contemporary political developments of the Danish field of welfare work addressing violence in intimate relationships as well as the dominating knowledge production substantiating these. Theoretically, Slavoj Zizek and his concept objective violence inform the paper, in order to analyze authoritative representations of “intimate partner sexual violence” in two areas: Danish research on sexual violence and Danish policy-papers. On the basis of a descriptive analysis we conclude that intimate partner sexual violence is essentially an unexplored problem in a Danish research context and we show that an incident-oriented conceptualization of rape and sexual assault dominates most of the research on sexual violence. Furthermore, in the political context we identify strong tendencies toward de-gendering violence as an outcome of strategies working to mainstream the field of welfare work addressing violence. This means that in a Danish context working with violence is now taking place within an ideological environment where the idea that equality between the sexes has been achieved dominates.

AB - En this article the authors seek to describe state responses to figures showing that the rates of physical and/or sexual violence against women in Denmark are among the highest in Europe. The authors do so by investigating the representations of intimate partner sexual violence, framing contemporary political developments of the Danish field of welfare work addressing violence in intimate relationships as well as the dominating knowledge production substantiating these. Theoretically, Slavoj Zizek and his concept objective violence inform the paper, in order to analyze authoritative representations of “intimate partner sexual violence” in two areas: Danish research on sexual violence and Danish policy-papers. On the basis of a descriptive analysis we conclude that intimate partner sexual violence is essentially an unexplored problem in a Danish research context and we show that an incident-oriented conceptualization of rape and sexual assault dominates most of the research on sexual violence. Furthermore, in the political context we identify strong tendencies toward de-gendering violence as an outcome of strategies working to mainstream the field of welfare work addressing violence. This means that in a Danish context working with violence is now taking place within an ideological environment where the idea that equality between the sexes has been achieved dominates.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Denmark

KW - evidence-based practice

KW - intimate partner sexual violence

KW - mainstreaming

KW - politics of violence

KW - Slavoj Zizek

U2 - 10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661

DO - 10.1080/10926771.2018.1511661

M3 - Journal article

VL - 28

SP - 25

EP - 46

JO - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

JF - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

SN - 1092-6771

IS - 1

ER -

ID: 192502480