Some have chided academic theorists for failing to deal with the psychological effects of violence on victims and perpetrators, suggesting their consulting rooms might provide ways to reflect upon the "un thinkable" and "unbearable".
That the military appeared to be taking a lead role in the hunt for the perpetrators suggested Punjab's civilian leaders may have been forced to abandon their long-standing resistance to calling in the Rangers, a paramilitary wing of the army.
Throughout the scandal, some within the Church have attempted to focus attention exclusively on the perpetrators, suggesting that clergy sexual abuse is merely a matter of "a few bad apples".
Gang rape committed by non-military perpetrators suggests a widespread acceptance of sexual violence among local Congolese society and speaks to the environment of impunity that continues to exist in Eastern DRC.
Patterns in the reporting of violence, where systematic selections occlude or highlight the role of the perpetrators, can suggest ideological alignment with one of the groups.
Men are much more likely to be involved in violence, both as victims and perpetrators which suggests a strong gendered link between masculinity and violence [ 13].
But by early November Tierney's story line was unraveling in part because it had been established that the virus in question could not have spread measles contagiously, also because there was nothing in the alleged perpetrators' history to suggest an interest in eugenics, and in any case no reason to think a eugenicist would be especially hostile to the Yanomamö tribe.
"We talk about children performing oral sex on their perpetrator, which suggests a consensual act and a volitional act.
39 Interviews with men attending DVA perpetrator programmes in the UK suggest that male perpetrators are likely to seek help from general practice, 40 although in the Crime Survey for England and Wales, only 4% of men experiencing DVA reported that they would tell a health professional about the abuse.
But whether propelled by hate, the intention to commit robberies, or both, the location and profiles of the victims suggest the perpetrators believe gay men are easy targets.
