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Full-Text Articles in Criminal Law
Gender Disparities In Plea Bargaining, Carlos Berdejo
Gender Disparities In Plea Bargaining, Carlos Berdejo
Indiana Law Journal
Across wide-ranging contexts, academic literature and the popular press have identified pervasive gender disparities favoring men over women in society. One area in which gender disparities have conversely favored women is the criminal justice system. Most of the empirical research examining gender disparities in criminal case outcomes has focused on judges’ sentencing decisions. Few studies have assessed disparities in the steps leading up to a defendant’s conviction, where various actors make choices that constrain judges’ ultimate sentencing discretion. This Article addresses this gap by examining gender disparities in the plea-bargaining process. The results presented in this Article reveal significant gender …
A Survey Of State Fetal Homicide Laws And Their Potential Applicability To Pregnant Women Who Harm Their Own Fetuses, Andrew S. Murphy
A Survey Of State Fetal Homicide Laws And Their Potential Applicability To Pregnant Women Who Harm Their Own Fetuses, Andrew S. Murphy
Indiana Law Journal
A discussion of the recent case in which a pregnant Indiana woman named Bei Bei Shuai was prosecuted for fetal homicide following a failed suicide attempt and later miscarriage. The Comment uses this case as a comparison point for different cases and statutes in all fifty states and suggests possible principles for a more unified doctrine and approach.
Domestic Violence And State Intervention In The American West And Australia, 1860-1930, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Domestic Violence And State Intervention In The American West And Australia, 1860-1930, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Indiana Law Journal
This Article calls into question stereotypical assumptions about the presumed lack of state intervention in the family and the patriarchal violence of Anglo- American frontier societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By analyzing previously unexamined cases of domestic assault and homicide in the American West and Australia, Professor Ramsey reveals a sustained (but largely ineffectual) effort to civilize men by punishing violence against women. Husbands in both the American West and Australia were routinely arrested or summoned to court for beating their wives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Judges, police officers, journalists, and others expressed …
Lucky: The Sequel, Martha Chamallas
With Justice For Whom? The Presumption Of Moral Innocence In Rape Trials, Stacey Pastel Dougan
With Justice For Whom? The Presumption Of Moral Innocence In Rape Trials, Stacey Pastel Dougan
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe
Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer
Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Does Plight Make Right: The Battered Woman Syndrome, Expert Testimony And The Law Of Self-Defense, Mira Mihajlovich
Does Plight Make Right: The Battered Woman Syndrome, Expert Testimony And The Law Of Self-Defense, Mira Mihajlovich
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women (Concluded), Daniel James
Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women (Concluded), Daniel James
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women, Daniel James
Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women, Daniel James
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.