Lectures
The lectures of the "Transatlantic Dialogue" will be offered in English. They take place on Wednesday in the room "Future Meeting Space, Part B".
Information on the whole lecture programme (in German) can be found here.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
- Connect the Dots: From Pornography to Violence & Sexual Assault14:00 - 14:30
Research of the porn industry for over 20 years has proven how pornography shapes our identities, culture and sexuality. Due to Covid-19 male youth spend an increasing amount of time in the internet, including legal porn sites with violent content and degrating sexual prectices against females. These images have an increased influence on their own perception of sexuality and the view of women. Girls are exposed to sexual degrading language and strong expectations how to look and what is considered to be sexy, suggesting how they have to dress to be sexually attractive. Dr. Dines is internationally acclaimed as the leading expert. She is a consultant to governmental ageencies in the US and abroad, including the UK, Norway, Iceland and Canada. She is a recipient of the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
PHD Gail Dines - Online Sex Crime against Children – The Law Enforcement Collaborative Network14:30 - 15:00
Covid 19 presents a new challenge for international and national law enforcement agencies to investigate online sex crimes against children and online child sexual exploitation. The Law Enforcement Collaborative Network LCN, intelligence based policing against online child sexual exploitation, tackles the increassed international digital activity of online predators targeting vulnerable children due to Covic 19. The session informs about the activities and strategies, as well as international trainings available for the police force to sucessfully detection and investigation of these offenders, including profiling of online sexual offenders and criminal justice responses.
Prof. Dr. Kyung-sick Choi - Successful Prevention of Online Sex Crimes against Children15:00 - 15:30
Police and Courts are challenged with an increasing number of online sex crimes against children and with an increasing number of sexual misconduct cases of juvenile offenders, mostly facing sexual abuse or sexual harassment of their intimate partners. What works to prevent these crimes, what evidence based or promising programs are out to change these behaviors?
PhD Hieram Puig Lugo