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Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War Dara Kay Cohen examines variation in the severity and perpetrators of rape using an original dataset of reported rape durin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Dara Kay, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soldiers > Sexual behavior.
Rape as a weapon of war.
Civil war.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
civil wars.
Guerre civile.
Viol comme arme de guerre.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The logic of wartime rape
  • Research strategy, cross-national evidence (1980-2009) and statistical tests
  • Mass rape by rebel actors: Sierra Leone (1991-2002)
  • Mass rape by state actors: Timor-Leste (1975-1999)
  • Less frequent rape in wartime: El Salvador (1980-1992)
  • Conclusion: understanding and preventing rape during civil war.

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