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The Failure Of The Tribal Law And Order Act Of 2010 To End The Rape Of American Indian Women, Samuel D. Cardick Jan 2012

The Failure Of The Tribal Law And Order Act Of 2010 To End The Rape Of American Indian Women, Samuel D. Cardick

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case—A Public Branding, Is There A Remedy?, R. Taylor Matthews Iii Jan 2008

The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case—A Public Branding, Is There A Remedy?, R. Taylor Matthews Iii

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Recognizing Violence Against Women: Gender And The Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Elizabeth Pendo Jan 1994

Recognizing Violence Against Women: Gender And The Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Elizabeth Pendo

All Faculty Scholarship

This article argues that acts of gender-based violence should be recognized under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990, and that certain types of violence against women, such as rape, are fundamentally gender-based. Part I examines the existing definition of hate crimes under the HCSA, and the exclusion of the majority of violence against women. Part II suggests gender should be included as a category under the HCSA because of the similar effects of violence directed at women due to gender, and violence directed at members of other groups because of their group identity. Using acquaintance rape as an example, …