Given the limitations of the criminal justice system to address cases of sexual violence, feminist scholars are increasingly exploring alternative approaches to justice. Here I ask: What is the role of space in the way victim-survivors of sexual violence can experience justice outside the criminal justice system? Can an understanding of space help us develop justice responses to sexual violence? Interviews were conducted with 35 victim-survivors of sexual violence in Iceland. In cases where offenders remained or re-entered their life space in some way, many participants described feelings of profound fear and anxiety. Participants used a variety of different socio-spatial strategies to ensure that they would not find themselves in the same space as the offenders. Based on the context as well as the networks and mechanisms available to them, these included surrendering, avoiding, negotiating, fighting for, protecting and (re)claiming spaces. Drawing on the concept of the continuum of sexual violence, I suggest that participants’ experiences can be conceptualized on a continuum of injustice. To the degree that participants were able to create what I call just spaces, they gained a sense of belonging, empowerment and freedom, which I suggest can be understood as disrupting this continuum of injustice.

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不公正被打乱：性暴力受害者-幸存者对正义空间的体验

鉴于刑事司法系统在处理性暴力案件方面的局限性，女权主义学者越来越多地探索其他司法途径。我在这里问：空间在性暴力的受害者-幸存者可以在刑事司法系统之外体验正义方面的作用是什么？对空间的理解能帮助我们对性暴力做出公正的反应吗？采访了冰岛的 35 名性暴力受害者-幸存者。在犯罪者以某种方式留在或重新进入他们的生活空间的情况下，许多参与者描述了深深的恐惧和焦虑的感觉。参与者使用各种不同的社会空间策略来确保他们不会发现自己与罪犯处于同一空间。基于上下文以及他们可用的网络和机制，这些包括投降、回避、谈判、争取、保护和（重新）要求空间。借鉴性暴力连续体的概念，我建议参与者的经历可以被概念化为不公正的连续体。参与者能够创造我称之为空间的程度，他们获得了归属感、赋权和自由感，我认为这可以理解为破坏这种不公正的连续性。