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Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, James G. Dwyer
Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, James G. Dwyer
Faculty Publications
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Section 6: Criminal Law, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 6: Criminal Law, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
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The First Day Of Criminal Law: Forgetting Everything You Thought You Already Knew, Kami Chavis Simmons
The First Day Of Criminal Law: Forgetting Everything You Thought You Already Knew, Kami Chavis Simmons
Faculty Publications
Whether from the media or the seemingly endless rotation of Law and Order episodes, many students enter law school with a great deal of knowledge about important concepts that dominate Criminal Law, including murder, manslaughter, conspiracy, self-defense, or insanity. This familiarity with criminal law presents a dual challenge for students and professors alike. First, as future lawyers, they must force themselves to think critically about these familiar topics, and despite their basic knowledge of the criminal justice system, students quickly learn that there is much more to criminal law than meets the eye. Second, part of this critical analysis requires …
Transcending The Criminal Law's "One Size Fits All" Response To Domestic Violence, Hannah Brenner
Transcending The Criminal Law's "One Size Fits All" Response To Domestic Violence, Hannah Brenner
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Domestic violence is no longer a private matter confined within the four walls of the home. The shift from private to public is connected with marked progress within the legal system, which strives to protect victims and hold batterers accountable through a myriad of specific responses that have ranged from attitudinal and logistical shifts from law enforcement to increased attention within legal education to a general acknowledgment of the impact of domestic violence on individual victims, children, families, and the broader community to the passage of federal and state legislation.
The state legislative landscape has historically centered around a very …