- Kotanen, R. (2022). Creating and Maintaining Structural Hindrances to Criminal Justice Control – A Policy Analysis on the Normalisation of Parental Violence as a Crime in Finland. Social & Legal Studies, 31(2), pp. 261–281. doi:10.1177/09646639211020820.
- Kotanen, R. and Kronstedt, J. (2019). Attribution of responsibility for sexual crimes beyond individual actors – construction of responsibility of offenders, victims and society in laypersons’ explanations. International Review of Victimology, 25(3), pp. 358–374. doi:10.1177/0269758018818931.
- Kotanen, R. (2018). The Rise of the Crime Victim and Punitive Policies? Changes to the Legal Regulation of Intimate Partner Violence in Finland. Violence Against Women, 24(12), pp. 1433–1453. doi:10.1177/1077801217733559.
- Kotanen, R. (2018). Establishing Laws and Policies on Parent to Child Violence in Finland 1965-1983. Children & Society, 32(2), pp. 110–120. doi:10.1111/chso.12234.
- Kotanen, R. and Kronsteadt-Rousi, J. (2015). Syy-seuraus-vastuu?: Seksuaalirikosten osapuolet vastuullisina toimijoina Helsingin Sanomien mielipidekirjoituksissa. Psykologia, 50(6), pp. 418–432.
- Kotanen, R. and Smolej, M. (2014). Lähisuhteissa tehtyjen lievien pahoinpitelyiden syyteoikeuden muutos 2011 - Lakimuutoksen tavoitteet ja poliisitutkinnan ongelmat tapauksissa, joissa lähisuhdeväkivalta on toistuvaa. Oikeus, (1), pp. 7–29.
- Kotanen, R. (2013). Näkymättömästä näkökulmaksi - parisuhdeväkivallan uhrit ja oikeudellisen sääntelyn muutos Suomessa. Oikeus, (3), pp. 335–338.
- Kotanen, R. (2010). Omistussuhteesta autonomiaan? Raiskauksen kriminalisoiminen avioliitossa ja aviovaimon seksuaalinen itsemääräämisoikeus Suomessa. Oikeus, (4), pp. 369–395.
Dr Riikka Kotanen
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City, University of London
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About
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Dr Riikka Kotanen is a senior lecturer in sociology. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of Helsinki where she also worked as a postdoctoral researcher funded by the Academy of Finland. Before joining City, she worked in the University of Oxford, as a postdoctoral fellow, and in the Middlesex University as a lecturer in criminology.
Riikka's multidisciplinary research interests are at the intersection of sociology, criminology, victimology, social policy and criminal justice policy. Her research is focused on the policy responses aimed at the regulation and control of gendered and generational violence in the private sphere and within families, and sexual violence. She has also a degree in social work and the qualifications to practice in Finland.
For the academic year 2022/23 Riikka is teaching the following criminology modules:
SG1023 Criminal Justice
SG2058 Victimology
SG2042 Gender and Crime
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Book
- Kotanen, R. (2013). Näkymättömästä näkökulmaksi - Parisuhdeväkivallan uhrit ja oikeudellisen sääntelyn muutos Suomessa. Helsinki, Finland: Unigrafia. ISBN 978-952-10-7675-6.
Chapters (2)
- Kotanen, R. (2020). From the Protection of Marriage to the Defence of Equality – The Finnish Debate Over the Sexual Autonomy of Wives. In Heinskou, M.B., Skilbrei, M.-.L. and Stefansen, K. (Eds.), Rape in the Nordic Countries - Continuity and Change (Open Access) (pp. 83–100). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-60651-7.
- Kotanen, R. (2006). Uhrit, tekijät ja sukupuolittunut syyllisyys - parisuhdeväkivalta Internet-keskusteluissa. In Niemi-Kiesiläinen, J., Honkatukia, P., Karma, H. and Ruuskanen, M. (Eds.), Oikeuden tekstit diskursseina (pp. 173–202). Helsinki, FInland: Suomalainen Lakimiesyhdistys. ISBN 978-951-855-257-7.
Journal articles (8)
Other (3)
- Innes, A., Capelas Barbosa, E., Cook, E., Corsi, J., Kotanen, R., McManus, S. … Walby, S. (2021). Prevalence of violence experienced by people with insecure immigration status, and perceptions of association with immigration control (protocol).
- Kotanen, R., McManus, S., Cook, E., Innes, A., Corsi, J., Capelas Barbosa, E. … Walby, S. (2021). Changes in statutory child protection service interventions in response to parental physical violence against children, 1990 to 2021: a systematic review (protocol).
- Walby, S., Stöckl, H., Cook, E., Innes, A., McManus, S., Corsi, J. … Capelas Barbosa, E. (2021). Sex/gender-disaggregated fatal violence: a systematic review (protocol).