• Incapacitated sexual assault among youths: beyond the perpetrator tactics framework 

      Stefansen, Kari; Frøyland, Lars Roar; Øverlien, Carolina (Journal of Youth Studies;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-23)
      The issue of incapacitated sexual assault (ISA) among youths has received increased attention among researchers. Still our understanding of the phenomenon is so far limited. Most research to date departs from an underlying ...
    • Non-reporting of sexual violence as action: acts, selves, futures in the making 

      Hansen, Maria; Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari (Nordic Journal of Criminology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-29)
      Individual, cultural and structural barriers exist in reporting rape to the police. Our study’s context is Norway, where reporting is more accepted than before and is even encouraged. Still, few who experience rape report ...
    • A nordic research agenda on rape and sexual violence 

      Skilbrei, May-Len; Stefansen, Kari; Heinskou, Marie Bruvik (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • The ‘psychological turn’ in self-help services for sexual abuse victims: Driversand dilemmas 

      Stefansen, Kari; Smette, Ingrid; Dullum, Jane Vibeke (International Review of Victimology;First Published April 20, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-20)
      This article describes an ongoing process of transformation in sexual abuse counselling centres in Norway that involves a new classification of groups of victims. These centres have traditionally operated at the grassroots ...
    • Rape in the Nordic countries: Continuity and change 

      Heinskou, Marie Bruvik (Red); Stefansen, Kari (Red); Skilbrei, May-Len (Red) (Routledge Research in Gender and Society;, Book, 2020)
      While the Nordic countries are listed at the top in most international rankings of gender equality and citizens’ feelings of security, studies on the prevalence of sexual victimisation present a different picture, ...