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Approaching this case study with a qualitative research methodology, InterpretivePhenomenology Analysis, data has been collected, analyzed and reported to interpret how the coresearchers’make sense of their conflict experience. Employing a double hermeneutic process,this researcher views and interprets the co-researchers’ sense-making through a therapeuticjurisprudence lens.Conducting semi-structured open-ended interviews with co-researchers, this study was enhancedby court records and other relevant documents to provide the basis for understanding andinterpreting co-researchers’ experiences. To assess the quality of the research, practices wereestablished to address sensitivity to context, commitment and rigor, transparency and coherence,and impact and importance.Contributing to an increased understanding into how victims’ survivors experience conflict in thecriminal justice system as well as the therapeutic nature of capital litigation laws, processes andprofessionals’ behavior, this researcher develops recommendations to train professionalsworking with victims in conflict cases.Youth Sexual Aggression and VictimizationChristian Diesen, Stockholm University (christian.diesen@juridicum.su.se)During the period 2010-2013 an EU research project - “Youth Sexual Aggression andVictimization” (Y-SAV) - has investigated the problem of sexual aggression towards youngpeople (12-25 years). The first aim of the project has been to create a knowledge base of studieson the prevalence, incidence, risk factors of sexual aggression as well as legal and public healthresponses, covering all 27 EU states. The collection of these data shows that there is a greatvariety between different regions and cultures: The awareness of the problem, the reporting ofrape, the legal, research and policy standards vary. In general it can be stated that the attention tothe problem is proportional to the incidence, i.e. that the countries that have most rape reports percapita also have most research and policies on the issue. On the other hand the prevalenceresearch shows that the risk for a young woman of being raped seems to be on a relatively highlevel in all European countries. The second aim of the project is to create a European action planfor dealing with youth sexual aggression, in which the similarities and differences between thestates are taken into account. The basis for this action plan is the conclusion that sexualvictimization of teenagers is a growing problem that needs more attention. The connectionsbetween these research findings and proactive legal strategies will be discussed from a TJperspective.Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Appropriate Framework for Law Reform inMatters Involving Indigenous Women and Sexual Violence?Erin Mackay, University of New South Wales (e.mackay@unsw.edu.au)489