This book focuses upon disability and sexual violence to provide an intersectional analysis of the complex journeys towards survival and justice for disabled victim-survivors. The book contributes to the development of justice frameworks by engaging with affect theory and an ethics of care approach. Drawing on original empirical evidence, it draws attention to the barriers for all victim-survivors, including those who do not self-identify as disabled and consides how patriarchy, sexism and sexist oppression affect all victim-survivors. It includes interviews to explore peer support and to demonstrate how the personal can become political when disabled victim-survivors begin to view their personal struggles as part of a collective of experiences. It presents a holistic picture of the victim-survivor journey and puts forward a plan for improving accessibility for disabled victim-survivors.

Andrea Hollomotz is Associate Professor in Sociology & Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK. Her work focuses on the sociological study of disability and interpersonal violence, and it fuses disability studies with the study of crime and criminology.

Leah Burch is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Her work focuses broadly upon disability, violence and access to criminal justice services. She is a member of the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network and the Comedy for Social Change Network.