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Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making (2013)
Journal Article
Fenton, R. A., Rumney, P. N., Rumney, P., & Fenton, R. A. (2013). Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making. Modern Law Review, 76(1), 109-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12004

In 2010, the Coalition government announced in its Programme for Government, that: 'We will extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants.' The question of anonymity for defendants accused of rape and other sexual offences, has been repeatedly raised... Read More about Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making.

Making things worse? Interrogational torture and counter-terrorism policy (2013)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2013). Making things worse? Interrogational torture and counter-terrorism policy. Contemporary Issues in Law, 12(4), 339-372

This article focuses on the use of interrogational torture as a counter-terrorism strategy and the possibility that its use may serve to bolster terrorist groups rather than undermine them. It will examine two case studies involving the use of illega... Read More about Making things worse? Interrogational torture and counter-terrorism policy.

Judicial training and rape (2011)
Journal Article
Rumney, P., & Fenton, R. A. (2011). Judicial training and rape. Journal of Criminal Law, 75(6), 473

Rape, attitudes, and law enforcement in south Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Rumney, P., & Van Der Bijl, C. (2010). Rape, attitudes, and law enforcement in south Africa. New Criminal Law Review, 13(4), 826-840. https://doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2010.13.4.826

This article examines the nature of social attitudes toward adult rape in South Africa and the ways in which they may influence the response of criminal justice professionals to cases of rape. This article draws on a small study of law students who c... Read More about Rape, attitudes, and law enforcement in south Africa.

The mythology of male rape: Social attitudes and law enforcement (2010)
Book Chapter
Rumney, P., & Natalia, H. (2010). The mythology of male rape: Social attitudes and law enforcement. In C. McGlynn, & V. Munro (Eds.), Rethinking Rape Law: National, International and European perspectives (295-307). London: Routledge

Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa (2010)
Journal Article
van der Bijl, C., & Rumney, P. (2010). Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa. Journal of Criminal Law, 73(5), 414-429. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2009.73.5.591

In the last decade South Africa has undergone an extensive process of sexual offence law reform. This process has attempted, amongst other things, to address deficiencies in the criminal justice response to rape and has also recognised some of the li... Read More about Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa.

Gaymale rape victims: Law enforcement, social attitudes and barriers to recognition (2009)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2009). Gaymale rape victims: Law enforcement, social attitudes and barriers to recognition. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 13(2-3), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642980902758135

© 2009 Taylor & Francis. This paper examines the experiences of gay male rape victims. It discusses findings from empirical studies of police attitudes along with an increasing number of studies that have examined the experiences of these victims.... Read More about Gaymale rape victims: Law enforcement, social attitudes and barriers to recognition.

Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk (2008)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2008). Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 21(2), 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-008-9071-7

This article examines the notion of gender neutrality in rape, its meaning and why rape definitions that include females and males as potential victims of rape have become influential in those jurisdictions that have engaged in significant levels of... Read More about Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk.

Policing male rape and sexual assault (2008)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2008). Policing male rape and sexual assault. Journal of Criminal Law, 72(1), 67-86. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2008.72.1.478

This article examines an issue that has been largely ignored in the growing literature on the treatment of sexual offences within the criminal justice system, i.e. the treatment of adult male rape and sexual assault complainants by the police. This a... Read More about Policing male rape and sexual assault.

A tortured debate (2008)
Journal Article
Rumney, P., & O'Boyle, M. (2008). A tortured debate. New Law Journal, 158(7305),

The torture debate: A perspective from the United Kingdom (2008)
Book Chapter
Rumney, P. (2008). The torture debate: A perspective from the United Kingdom. In J. Moran, & M. Phythian (Eds.), Intelligence, Security and Policing: the UK Response to the War on Terror (135). Palgrave Macmillan

The torture debate (2007)
Journal Article
Rumney, P., & O'Boyle, M. (2007). The torture debate. New Law Journal, 157(7296), 1566-1567