Research on criminological problems of sexual violence

On 28 May at 14:00, in a public session of the Doctoral Committee of Legal Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, which will take place in the Hippocrates Lecture Theatre (16 Dzirciema Street), Aldona Kipāne will defend her doctoral thesis “Criminological Problems of Sexual Violence”.

The goal of the research was to develop complex theoretical and practical research on the criminological problems of sexual violence and put forward proposals for solutions. The manifestation of violent behaviour is regarded as a violation of human rights to life, freedom, respect and safety, as well as physical and emotional integrity causing a serious threat to life or health and, consequently, to the physical and mental health of the victim.

The study contains a complex study of sexual violence as a legal-social phenomenon in criminology: research of causes and reasons, characteristics of an offender’s personality, cognitions of victimology as a science and their evaluation. This topic has not been analysed from the above mentioned perspective by Latvia’s researchers.

The basic aspects of the study and the conclusions drawn develops further criminological theories, as well as extends a number of the concepts in criminology.