Sexual Violence as a Form of War Tactic and Criminal Terror — Victimological Perspective
Sexual Violence as a Form of War Tactic and Criminal Terror — Victimological Perspective

Summary/Abstract: Until recently, the issue of sexual exploitation treated as a kind of war tactics not a popular research topic for criminologists. For that reason, the main task of the author of the presented study was to sum up the hitherto research efforts in the indicated area, as well as, by presenting the historical and contemporary background of the analysed phenomenon, to show its latest forms. The phenomenological part of the undertaken considerations documents the extent of the wartime sexual violence, taking into account its geography, and discusses the most frequently used criminal methods and techniques. In the conclusion of the study, the author justifies the need to extend the existing criminological definition of the phenomenon in question, especially by the forms of violence used by mafia and terrorist organisations. The analysis, following the victimological perspective, concludes with suggestions referring to wartime sexual violence prevention.

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