Jan Jordan

Guest writer

Jan Jordan is Emerita Professor of Criminology at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University. She published two books in 2022 exploring the impacts of our patriarchal legacy for women and sexual violence.

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The Christchurch drug rape case should be a wake-up call for everyone

While the men convicted will be vilified as ‘monsters’, their attitudes and behaviours aren’t new.

By Jan Jordan | 27th April, 2023

Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Survivors’ March in Los Angeles in 2017. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images

New laws are great, but rape victims deserve more radical change

Incrementalism will only take us so far, writes Jan Jordan, who argues the 'system of injustice' for sexual violence victims requires a transformational approach.

By Jan Jordan | 3rd July, 2019