Preface; List of Tables and Diagrams; Chapter 1 Getting to Grips-Methodological Clarifications; 1.1 Between the Disciplines-Violence as a Research Problem; 1.2 Violence-Questions of Definition; 1.3 "Sexual Assault" and "Sexual Abuse" in Zurich-An Example of Violence in Europe; 1.4 Sexualized Violence-Research Tendencies; 1.5 Court Records-Specific Speech Actions in Written Form; Chapter 2 Rape and Sexual Abuse in Zurich-Empirical Findings; 2.1 "Sexual Assault" and "Sexual Abuse"-Grey Areas in Medicine, Law and Theology; 2.2 Step by Step-On the Way to the Court
2.3 Cases-Much in the Dark2.4 Women-Between Respectability and Prostitution; 2.5 Children-Little Adults, or Not Adults at All; 2.6 "Real" Men-Men "in Need"; 2.7 Social Environment-Sanctioning, Being in the Know, Intervening; 2.8 Trials at Court-Prosecuting, Defending, Negotiating; 2.9 Focus on the Body-Little Space for Emotions; 2.10 "Judging Right"-Sin as a Public Order Offense; Chapter 3 The Case for Historicizing Violence-Programmatic Perspectives; 3.1 Historicizing of Violence as a Project-What are the Challenges?; 3.2 Understanding Violence-What Makes Violence What It is?
3.3 Constellations of Violence-Who Acts in What Way?3.4 The Meaning of Violence-What is the Problem?; 3.5 Violence as Taboo and Non-taboo-How Does Violence Become a Topic?; Appendix: Tables; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

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