Anastasia Powell, Nicola Henry and Asher Flynn (eds), Rape justice: Beyond the criminal law
| Date | 01 December 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0004865817693328 |
| Published date | 01 December 2017 |
| Author | Rachael Burgin |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
contribution is followed by a chapter written by Rositsa Dzhekova, which presents a
depiction of the way in which civil forfeiture is applied in Bulgaria. In chapter 6, Andrew
Goldsmith, David Gray, and Russell G Smith examine the approaches taken within
Australian jurisdictions towards the proceeds of crime in the past 25 years.
Afterwards, in chapter 7, Colin King considers the civil forfeiture measures adopted
in Ireland in order to fight against organised crime. Finally, in chapter 8, Michelle
Gallant explores the Canadian models of forfeiture.
The third part of the volume, which includes four chapters, deals with specific meas-
ures designed to tackle the financing of terrorism. Taking into consideration the recent
spreading of terrorist activities at the global level, the inclusion of such a part appears to
be essential. As a matter of fact, it is widely recognised that not only do terrorist organ-
isations still have the basic need to raise, move, and use funds but also their methods to
raise and manage funds have evolved, taking increasing advantage of the vulnerabilities
of the wider financial system and the mechanisms or products used to move and store
funds at transnational level. In this regard, throughout chapter 11, Clive Walker ana-
lyses the burning issues related to the potential link existing between charities and ter-
rorism finance. In chapter 12, Laura K Donohue focuses on the US efforts to interrupt
the provision of resources to non-state terrorist organisations. Then, in chapter 13,
Thomas Baumert and Mikel Buesa offer a depiction of the Spanish experience in dis-
mantling terrorist economics as acquired over more than 50 years of fight with Basque
terrorist groups. Finally, in chapter 14, which concerns the European Union economic
sanctions adopted in order to counter terrorism, Christina Eckes assesses whether such
measures should be considered as having criminal nature.
In conclusion, the volume, which appears written with a clear view of its impact on
future directions and developments in the area of criminal assets confiscation and recov-
ery, achieves the goal of offering a brilliant overview of the most relevant measures
implemented at both domestic and supranational level in order to interrupt the illicit
financial flows that feed criminal and terrorist organisations, enabling them to carry out
their criminal activities.
Anastasia Powell, Nicola Henry and Asher Flynn (eds), Rape justice: Beyond the criminal law. Palgrave
Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2015; xiv + 247 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-47614-2, $109.00 USD (hbk)
Reviewed by: Rachael Burgin, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia
The provocatively titled collection, Rape Justice: Beyond the Criminal Law (Rape
Justice), edited by Anastasia Powell, Nicola Henry, and Asher Flynn provides a com-
prehensive guide to current debates around the concept of ‘justice’ as perceived and
experienced by victim-survivors of sexual violence. In Chapter 1, the editors open
their collection by contextualising it within the socio-political climate in which these
debates are taking place; a landscape characterised by ineffective legal responses to
sexual violence and the setting aside of the realities of rape, to instead prioritise ‘stranger
rape’ as ‘real rape’ (Estrich, 1987). This landscape exists within what has been termed
‘rape culture’; the normalisation of men’s sexual violence against women (p. 1).
The collection states at the outset that the analysis is situated within the conflict
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