'Final Report to the British Board of Film Classification upon completion of the research project: Audiences and Receptions of Sexual Violence In Contemporary Cinema' In 2007 Martin Barker, Dr Ernest Mathijs, Dr Jamie Sexton, Dr Kate Egan, Russ Hunter and Melanie Selfe. was commissioned by the British Board of Film Classification to carry out a study into how adults respond and understand watching sexual violence, and its impact on them. In 2002 the British Board of Film Classification had carried out a similar study. 14 Sep 2007