Elizabeth A. Kelly CBE (born 1951)[1] is a British professor and director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University,[2] former head of the, now defunct, Women's National Commission,[3] and co-chair, along with Marai Larasi, of the End Violence Against Women Coalition.[4]

Liz Kelly
Born1951 (age 72–73)
United Kingdom
Academic work
InstitutionsChild and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University
End Violence Against Women Coalition

Career

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Kelly has written numerous papers and articles relating to violence against women and children, and has been a guest editor on the journal Child Abuse Review.[5]

Her review of why so many alleged rapists go unprosecuted and unconvicted, which she conducted for the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, stated, "that at each stage of the legal process, stereotypes and prejudices play a part in decision-making".[6][7]

In her book "The Hidden Gender of Law", Kelly argues "there is no clear distinction between consensual sex and rape, but a continuum of pressure, threat, coercion and force". She claims that all women experience sexual violence at some points in their lives.[8]

Kelly's publication "Surviving Sexual Violence" defines sexual violence as including "any physical, visual, verbal or sexual act that is experienced by the woman or girl, at the time or later, as a threat, invasion or assault, that has the effect of hurting her or degrading her and/or takes away her ability to control". Such a definition was criticised by Wendy McElroy, describing it as "disastrously subjective" also noting "regret is not a benchmark of consent".[9]

Kelly was awarded the CBE in the 2000 New Years Honours, for services to combating violence against women and children.[10]

Recognition

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She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017.[11]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Kelly, Liz (1988). Surviving sexual violence. Feminist Perspectives Series. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816617531.
  • Kelly, Elizabeth (1995). Surviving sexual abuse. Health Books Series. Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales: Gore & Osment. ISBN 9781875531783.
  • Kelly, Elizabeth A. (1995). Education, democracy, and public knowledge. Boulder Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 9780813316345.
  • Liz, Kelly; Hester, Marianne; Radford, Jill (1996). Women, violence, and male power: feminist activism, research, and practice. Buckingham Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335195060.
  • Liz, Kelly; Burton, Sheila; Regan, Linda (1998). Supporting women and challenging men: lessons from the Domestic Violence Intervention Project. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781861340689.
  • Liz, Kelly; Hague, Gill; Mullender, Audrey (2001). Challenging violence against women: the Canadian experience. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 9781861342782.
  • Liz, Kelly; Mullender, Audrey; Regan, Linda; Hague, Gill; Imam, Umme; Malos, Ellen (2002). Children's perspectives on domestic violence. London: SAGE. ISBN 9780761971061.
  • Liz, Kelly; Rehman, Yasmin; Siddiqui, Hannana (2013). Moving in the shadows: violence in the lives of minority women and children. Farnham, Surrey Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate. ISBN 9781409433170.

Chapters in books

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  • Kelly, Liz (1988), "How women define their experiences of violence", in Yllö, Kersti; Bograd, Michele (eds.), Feminist perspectives on wife abuse, Newbury Park, California: A Sage Focus Edition, pp. 114–132, ISBN 9780803930537.
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda; Burton, Sheila (1992), "Defending the indefensible? Quantitative methods and feminist research", in Phoenix, Ann; Hinds, Hilary; Stacey, Jackie (eds.), Working out: New directions for women's studies, Gender and Society: Feminist Perspectives on Past and Present, London Washington, D.C: The Falmer Press, pp. 149–160, ISBN 9780750700436.
  • Kelly, Liz (1994), "The interconnectedness of domestic violence and child abuse: challenges for research, policy and practice", in Mullender, Audrey; Morley, Rebecca (eds.), Children living with domestic violence: putting men's abuse of women on the child care agenda, London Concord, Massachusetts: Whiting & Birch., ISBN 9781871177725.
  • Kelly, Liz (1996), "'It's everywhere': sexual violence as a continuum", in Jackson, Stevi; Scott, Sue (eds.), Feminism and sexuality: a reader, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 191–206, ISBN 9780231107082.
  • Kelly, Liz (1996), "Tensions and possibilities: enhancing informal responses to domestic violence", in Edleson, Jeffrey; Eisikovits, Zvi C. (eds.), Future interventions with battered women and their families, Sage Series on Violence Against Women, Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, pp. 67–86, ISBN 9780803959453.
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda; Burton, Sheila (1996), "Beyond victim or survivor: sexual violence, identity and feminist theory and practice", in Adkins, Lisa; Merchant, Vicki (eds.), Sexualizing the social: power and the organization of sexuality, New York: St. Martin's Press, pp. 77–101, ISBN 9780312160258.
  • Kelly, Liz; Radford, Jill (1998), "Sexual violence against women and girls: an approach to an international overview", in Dobash, R. Emerson; Dobash, Russell P. (eds.), Rethinking violence against women, Sage Series on Violence Against Women, Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, pp. 53–76, ISBN 9780761911876.
  • Kelly, Liz (2000), "The global context: Wars against women: sexual violence, sexual politics and the militarised state", in Jacobs, Susie; Jacobson, Ruth; Marchbank, Jennifer (eds.), States of conflict: gender, violence, and resistance, London New York: Zed Books, pp. 45–65, ISBN 9781856496568. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz; Coy, Maddy; Horvath, Miranda A.H. (2012), "Troubling notions of male entitlement: men consuming, boasting and confessing about paying for sex", in Coy, Maddy (ed.), Prostitution, harm and gender inequality: theory, research and policy, Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, pp. 121–140, ISBN 9781409405450.
  • Kelly, Liz (2013), "Sex, sexuality and child sexual abuse", in Wild, Jim (ed.), Exploiting childhood: how fast food, material obsession and porn culture are creating new forms of child abuse, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 145–148, ISBN 9780857007421.
  • Kelly, Liz; Westmarland, Nicole (2015), "New approaches to assessing effectiveness and outcomes of domestic violence perpetrator programs", in Johnson, Holly; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Jaquier, Véronique (eds.), Critical issues on violence against women: international perspectives and promising strategies, London: Routledge, pp. 183–194, ISBN 9781135006037.
  • Kelly, Liz; Coy, Maddy; Dustin, Holly (2015), "A feminist "epistemic community" reshaping public policy: a case study of the End Violence Against Women Coalition", in Johnson, Holly; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Jaquier, Véronique (eds.), Critical issues on violence against women: international perspectives and promising strategies, London: Routledge, pp. 244–257, ISBN 9781135006037.

Journal articles

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Papers

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For the CWASU

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Home Office

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  • Kelly, Liz; Bindel, Julie; Burton, Sheila; Butterworth, Dianne; Cook, Kate; Regan, Linda (1999). Domestic violence matters: an evaluation of a development project. London: Home Office, Research Studies. ISBN 9781840821376. 193. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda (2000). Stopping traffic: exploring the extent of, and responses to trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the UK. London: Home Office, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit. ISBN 9781840824667. 125. Pdf. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda; Lovett, Jo (2004). Sexual Assault Referral Centres: developing good practice and maximising potentials. London: Home Office Research Study. ISBN 9781844732869. 285. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda; Lovett, Jo (2004). Forensic nursing an option for improving responses to reported rape and sexual assault. London: Home Office Development and Practice. ISBN 9781844733187. 31. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz; Regan, Linda; Lovett, Jo (2005). A gap or a chasm?: Attrition in reported rape cases. London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. ISBN 9781844735556. 293. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz; Temkin, Jennifer; Griffiths, Sue (2006). Section 41 an evaluation of new legislation limiting sexual history evidence in rape trials. London: Home Office Online Reports. ISBN 9781844739264. OLR 20/06. Online. Pdf.
  • Kelly, Liz (2013). Evaluation of the pilot of domestic violence protection orders. Joanna R. Adler; Miranda A.H. Horvarth; Jo Lovett; Mark Coulson; David Kernohan; and Mark Gray. London: Home Office, Crime research and analysis. ISBN 9781782462620. 76. Online. Pdf. Evaluation of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) for the International Crime and Policing Conference 2015.

Other papers

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References

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  1. ^ "Kelly, Liz, 1951–". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Liz Kelly". Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Professor Liz Kelly CBE". Women's National Commission. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Our people: our board of trustees". End Violence Against Women Coalition. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. ^ Kelly, Liz (guest editor); Pringle, Keith (guest editor) (November 2009). "Editorial: Gender and child harm". Child Abuse Review. 18 (6): 367–371. doi:10.1002/car.1097. {{cite journal}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Baird, Vera (10 April 2002). "You've been raped. Why bother reporting it?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ^ Kelly, Liz (October 2001). Routes to (in)justice: a research review on the reporting, investigation and prosecution of rape cases. London: HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). p. 6. OCLC 224119621. Literature review. Pdf.
  8. ^ Messerschmidt, James W. (27 September 1993). Masculinities and Crime: Critique and Reconceptualization of Theory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780847678693 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ McElroy, Wendy (1 January 2001). Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women. McFarland. ISBN 9780786411443 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "No. 55710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1999. p. 10.
  11. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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