Abstract:
Justice after sexual assault is often understood and enacted through the criminal legal system such that the outcomes are binary (i.e., justice is achieved or not achieved). Previous research indicates that survivors have specific wants and needs following an assault in order to experience justice, which may or may not align with current practices. We conducted a critical interpretive synthesis of 5 databases to create a sampling frame of 4,203 records; the final analysis included 81 articles, book chapters, and policy documents. Results indicate that justice is an individualized and dynamic process which may include the experience of voice, connectedness, participating in a process, accountability, and prevention. The experiences of safety and control are central to each of these domains. Survivors may seek and enact these justice domains through several avenues, including the criminal justice and legal systems, restorative justice, medical/mental health spaces, activism, art, and social media. Existing actors within currently available justice systems, including legal, medical, and mental health personnel should encourage survivors to identify and define their own experience of justice, including locating helpful behaviors rooted in safety and control, and resist a binary model of justice. Extant systems should therefore be flexible and accessible to help survivors realize their preferred modes of justice.
摘要:
性侵犯后的正义通常是通过刑事法律体系理解和制定的,这样结果是二元的(即,正义已经实现或没有实现)。先前的研究表明,幸存者在袭击后有特定的愿望和需求,以体验正义,这可能或可能不符合当前的做法。我们对5个数据库进行了关键的解释性综合,创建了4,203条记录的抽样框架;最终分析包括81篇文章,书籍章节,和政策文件。结果表明,正义是一个个性化的动态过程,可能包括声音的体验,连通性,参与一个过程,问责制,和预防。安全和控制的经验是每个领域的核心。幸存者可以通过几种途径寻求和制定这些司法领域,包括刑事司法和法律制度,恢复性司法,医疗/心理健康空间,激进主义,艺术,和社交媒体。现有司法系统内的现有行为者,包括法律,medical,精神卫生人员应鼓励幸存者识别和定义自己的正义经验,包括定位植根于安全和控制的有益行为,抵制二元正义模式。因此,现有的系统应该是灵活的,可以帮助幸存者实现他们喜欢的司法模式。