Abstract
What does it mean to seek, or indeed to achieve, justice in response to rape? The contributions in this volume explore the meanings and mechanisms of justice in response to sexual violence ‘beyond the criminal law’. Taking as already evident that sexual violence is first, extremely prevalent; second, overwhelmingly (though not exclusively) perpetrated by men against women and girls; and third, that formal justice as represented by conviction and state punishment is remarkably rare, this chapter explores social practices of informal justice that are emerging via communications technologies and in online spaces. ‘Informal justice’, as used here, refers specifically to practices that seek redress for harms in settings operating outside of the state and its institutions.
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