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Proving Medical Child Abuse: The Time Is Now For Ohio To Focus On The Victim And Not The Abuser, Tiffany S. Allison Jan 2012

Proving Medical Child Abuse: The Time Is Now For Ohio To Focus On The Victim And Not The Abuser, Tiffany S. Allison

Journal of Law and Health

Part I of this Note will discuss the history of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy and how the medical community is trying to make the general public aware of medical child abuse. Part II provides a history of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy and medical child abuse. It also highlights the differences in how litigation was previously handled under the nomenclature of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy and how litigation should be handled in the future under the nomenclature of medical child abuse. Part III identifies Ohio's current statutes and federal legislation that have an effect on child abuse. Part III also identifies …


Our Backyard Slave Trade: The Result Of Ohio’S Failure To Enact Comprehensive State-Level Human-Sex-Trafficking Legislation, Priscila A. Rocha Jan 2012

Our Backyard Slave Trade: The Result Of Ohio’S Failure To Enact Comprehensive State-Level Human-Sex-Trafficking Legislation, Priscila A. Rocha

Journal of Law and Health

This Note examines the shortcomings of Ohio’s current anti-trafficking legislation and argues that additional victim-focused legislation must be enacted at the state level to prevent human trafficking and to protect victims. Part II provides a broad overview of the human-sex-trafficking epidemic, its magnitude at an international level, and the United Nations’ response. Part III discusses the scope of human trafficking within the United States. It also examines federal level anti-trafficking initiatives, including the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), its reauthorizations, and its effectiveness in preventing domestic human trafficking and in protecting victims. Part IV addresses the urgent …