Browsing Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi by Author "Skilbrei, May-Len"

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  • A Nordic research agenda on rape and sexual violence 
    Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari; Heinskou, Marie Bruvik (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book illustrates some of the difficulties in measuring rape in population surveys. It addresses legal responses ...
  • Criminological Lessons on/from Sexual Violence 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Chapter / Bokkapittel / SubmittedVersion, 2020)
    Feminist criminologists are well acquainted with how their research on sexual harms and gendered forms of victimisation may serve as powerful levers for punitive agendas. In recent years, culturalist interpretations of ...
  • Gendered Vulnerability And Return Migration 
    Paasche, Erlend; Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    This article discusses gendered conceptions of vulnerability at play in destination states’ formulation and implementation of return policies. Based on qualitative interviews in Norway with asylum reception centre personnel, ...
  • Individual or Structural Inequality? Access and Barriers in Welfare Services for Women Who Sell Sex 
    Brunovskis, Anette; Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    It is often taken for granted that women who sell sex are vulnerable, that welfare services can and should alleviate this vulnerability, and as such, being defined as ‘vulnerable’ can be beneficial and associated with ...
  • Keeping Sweden on top: Rape and legal innovation as nation-branding 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    This chapter explores how rape legislation has been used as nation-branding to keep Sweden on top, and how the desire to remain a norm entrepreneur impacted on legal revisions. Sweden's legislation on gender and violence ...
  • Kjønn og rett. Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver i jusstudiet 
    Ikdahl, Ingunn; Hellum, Anne; Jonassen, Bjørk Gudmundsdottir; Skilbrei, May-Len; Bull, Hans Jacob; Fredwall, Katrine Kjærheim; Halvorsen, Marit; Hennum, Ragnhild Helene; Mähönen, Jukka Tapio; Robberstad, Anne; Sandberg, Kirsten; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; Sjåfjell, Beate Kristine; Strand, Vibeke Blaker; Svensson, Eva-Maria; Wilhelmsen, Trine-Lise; Wærstad, Tone Linn (Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver på retten har en lang tradisjon som forskningsfelt på Det juridiske fakultet ved Universitetet i Oslo. Retten regulerer rettigheter og plikter, rettsvern og straff – den kan ...
  • Kjønn, makt og rett: Samfunnsfaglige perspektiver på og i kvinneretten 
    Hellum, Anne; Skilbrei, May-Len; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
  • Manoeuvring in tricky waters: Challenges in being a useful and critical migration scholar. 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    In the last few years, the aim for research to have a societal ‘impact’ has become increasingly central. This can entail ‘emancipatory’ or ‘critical’ research but is often interpreted as being ‘relevant’ and ‘instrumental’ ...
  • Non-reporting of sexual violence as action: acts, selves, futures in the making 
    Hansen, Maria; Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Individual, cultural and structural barriers exist in reporting rape to the police. Our study’s context is Norway, where reporting is more accepted than before and is even encouraged. Still, few who experience rape report ...
  • Om blindsoner, utkikkspunkt og epistemologiske fellesskap: Hva kan gjøres for å skape ny kunnskap? 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    There are many barriers for researchers’ attempts to offer new insights. Categories, perspectives and the needs of the present play a part in forming what researchers see, think and write. In this chapter I present examples ...
  • Reforming the rape offence in Norwegian criminal law 
    Jacobsen, Jørn; Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    This article addresses the content, context and development of the Norwegian rape offence to frame and explain current reform discussions. The authors describe how the offence has gradually expanded over time by partial ...
  • Rich scholar, poor scholar: inequalities in research capacity, “knowledge” abysses, and the value of unconventional approaches to research 
    Rodriguez Goyes, David; Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Abstract The dominance of modern rationality in knowledge production implies that the distribution of intellectual capital highly depends on the capacity to gather representative data and generate generalizable theses. ...
  • Speaking about sex for sale historically, spatially and politically 
    Skilbrei, May-Len; Spanger, Marlene (Chapter / Bokkapittel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
    This chapter introduces the concept and content of the book to the readers. It describes the aim of the book, which is to elaborate the contingency of how we understand prostitution, arguing that it is often taken for ...
  • The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Where Does it Stand? 
    Skilbrei, May-Len; Holmström, Charlotta (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    In this article, we present and discuss the intended and unintended effects of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act, which criminalises the purchase of sex within a context where the sale of sex is legal. Whether or not this means ...
  • Swedish, Nordic, European: The journey of a ‘model’ to abolish prostitution 
    Skilbrei, May-Len; Crowhurst, Isabel (Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    In presenting the increasing global popularity and application of the ‘Swedish model', this chapter shows how key ideas underpinning it evolved and were adapted over time, and how currently the adoption of its multiple ...
  • Taking on the categories, terms and worldviews of the powerful: the pitfalls of trying to be relevant 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Researchers have many incentives to make sure that the work they do is relevant to policymakers and implementers. First, it may secure them funding; second, ‘impact’ is part and parcel of academic evaluations; and third, ...
  • The 'normal' and the 'other' woman of prostitution policy debates: New concerns and solutions 
    Skilbrei, May-Len (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
  • The monster and the self: Taking on the monstrosity of sexual violations 
    Kruse, Anja Emilie; Skilbrei, May-Len (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    The contemporary normative climate regarding sexual violence affects how perpetrators of such violence relate to their harmful acts. In this article, we analyze how men convicted of sex offences are affected by how ...
  • Vulnerable Here or There? Examining the vulnerability of victims of human trafficking before and after return 
    Paasche, Erlend; Skilbrei, May-Len; Plambech, Sine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    This article deals with how return programmes for rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants construct and create vulnerabilities.Few studies have exploredthe role of assistance provided through such programmes for the ...