Gender & Crime – Sexual self-determination and gender-based violence

We cordially invite you to the second edition of our online conference on Gender & Crime – Sexual Self-Determination and Gender-Based Violence. The conference will address gender aspects in criminal law and criminology, with a particular focus on gender-based violence, including femicide, catcalling, and anti-feminist ideologies. Keynote speeches, panel sessions and workshops will provide a forum for discussing research questions and perspectives and bringing together interdisciplinary scholars.

The conference will take place online on Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November 2022.

There is no participation fee. If you would also like to register for one of the four workshops with limited participation, please send us an email at genderandcrime@kfn.de by 15 November 2022.

Conference programme

24 November 2022 (Day 1)

10.00Welcome
10.30First keynote lecture with discussion: Criminological discussions on gender-based violence and sexual self-determination
Prof. Dr. Martina Althoff
11.30Break
11.45Panel Session 1 – Traditional Role Perceptions and Misogyny
1. Jannik M. K. Fischer

Traditional Masculinity Norms and Right-Wing Extremist Attitudes
2. Jara Streuer
‘Women represent everything that is unfair with this world’ – Incel Violence and Misogynistic Terrorism
3. Lea-Sarah Pülschen & Dr Johann Endres
Femicide perpetrators: normal men, average homicide perpetrators or mentally unstable men? A study on personality, crime hypothesis and treatment goals
13.00Lunch break
14.00Simultaneous workshops (advance registration required)
1. Teresa Harrer

Sex work in the conflict between sexual self-determination and gender-based violence
2. Jacqueline Sittig
A plea for consideration of the special relationship of trust between perpetrators and victims in the
context of criminal liability, using the example of domestic violence against women
3. Saskia Kretschmer, Dr Tim Lukas, Renate Schwarz-Saage, Sabine Burkhardt
Blind spots and (un)safe places. Prevention of gender-based violence in public spaces
4. Anna Bussmann-Welsch, Lena Franke, Anne-Kathrin Krug
Presentation of the gender-based violence decision database: Improving access to national and international case law
15.00Break
15.15Afternoon programme on the incel movement
Veronika Kracher
16.45End of the event

25 November 2022 (Day 2)

09.45Welcome
10.00Second keynote lecture with discussion: New laws on recording sexual assaults – a comparative law perspective
Prof. Dr Tatjana Hörnle
11.00Break
11.15Panel Session 2 – Sexualised Violence
1. Céline Feldmann

Negligent commission of acts under Section 177 of the German Criminal Code (StGB)
2. Prof. Dr. Thomas Görgen, Chantal Höhn, Natalie Köpsel
The “vulnerable” resident, the “power-abusing” carer? Findings on sexual violence in nursing homes
3. Leonie Thies
The (de)construction of credibility in sexual offence trials: An ethnographic study in the Berlin criminal justice system
12.45Lunch break
13.45Panel-Session 3 – International perspectives
1. Dr. Viviana Andreescu
Transgender experiences with violent victimization
2. Prof. Dr. Barbara Krahé, Dr. Isabell Schuster, Dr. Paulina Tomaszewska
Male Sexual Victimization by Women: A Neglected Problem
3. Prof. Dr. Barbara Błońska, Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara
“Crime has no gender?” Gender aspects of the crime of rape – case of
Poland
15.00Conclusion and joint finale in the virtual space Wonder.me

Alle Infos auf einen Blick:

Online

Hinweise:

The conference took place from 24 to 25 November 2022.

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Gender & Crime – Sexual self-determination and gender-based violence

We cordially invite you to the second edition of our online conference on Gender & Crime – Sexual Self-Determination and Gender-Based Violence. The conference will address gender aspects in criminal law and criminology, with a particular focus on gender-based violence, including femicide, catcalling, and anti-feminist ideologies. Keynote speeches, panel sessions and workshops will provide a forum for discussing research questions and perspectives and bringing together interdisciplinary scholars.

The conference will take place online on Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November 2022.

There is no participation fee. If you would also like to register for one of the four workshops with limited participation, please send us an email at genderandcrime@kfn.de by 15 November 2022.

Conference programme

24 November 2022 (Day 1)

10.00Welcome
10.30First keynote lecture with discussion: Criminological discussions on gender-based violence and sexual self-determination
Prof. Dr. Martina Althoff
11.30Break
11.45Panel Session 1 – Traditional Role Perceptions and Misogyny
1. Jannik M. K. Fischer

Traditional Masculinity Norms and Right-Wing Extremist Attitudes
2. Jara Streuer
‘Women represent everything that is unfair with this world’ – Incel Violence and Misogynistic Terrorism
3. Lea-Sarah Pülschen & Dr Johann Endres
Femicide perpetrators: normal men, average homicide perpetrators or mentally unstable men? A study on personality, crime hypothesis and treatment goals
13.00Lunch break
14.00Simultaneous workshops (advance registration required)
1. Teresa Harrer

Sex work in the conflict between sexual self-determination and gender-based violence
2. Jacqueline Sittig
A plea for consideration of the special relationship of trust between perpetrators and victims in the
context of criminal liability, using the example of domestic violence against women
3. Saskia Kretschmer, Dr Tim Lukas, Renate Schwarz-Saage, Sabine Burkhardt
Blind spots and (un)safe places. Prevention of gender-based violence in public spaces
4. Anna Bussmann-Welsch, Lena Franke, Anne-Kathrin Krug
Presentation of the gender-based violence decision database: Improving access to national and international case law
15.00Break
15.15Afternoon programme on the incel movement
Veronika Kracher
16.45End of the event

25 November 2022 (Day 2)

09.45Welcome
10.00Second keynote lecture with discussion: New laws on recording sexual assaults – a comparative law perspective
Prof. Dr Tatjana Hörnle
11.00Break
11.15Panel Session 2 – Sexualised Violence
1. Céline Feldmann

Negligent commission of acts under Section 177 of the German Criminal Code (StGB)
2. Prof. Dr. Thomas Görgen, Chantal Höhn, Natalie Köpsel
The “vulnerable” resident, the “power-abusing” carer? Findings on sexual violence in nursing homes
3. Leonie Thies
The (de)construction of credibility in sexual offence trials: An ethnographic study in the Berlin criminal justice system
12.45Lunch break
13.45Panel-Session 3 – International perspectives
1. Dr. Viviana Andreescu
Transgender experiences with violent victimization
2. Prof. Dr. Barbara Krahé, Dr. Isabell Schuster, Dr. Paulina Tomaszewska
Male Sexual Victimization by Women: A Neglected Problem
3. Prof. Dr. Barbara Błońska, Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara
“Crime has no gender?” Gender aspects of the crime of rape – case of
Poland
15.00Conclusion and joint finale in the virtual space Wonder.me

All information at a glance:

Online

Notes:

The conference took place from 24 to 25 November 2022.

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