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Statement Of Steven L. Chanenson Before The United States Sentencing Commission Regarding Retroactivity Of Crack Guidelines Amendments, Steven Chanenson
Statement Of Steven L. Chanenson Before The United States Sentencing Commission Regarding Retroactivity Of Crack Guidelines Amendments, Steven Chanenson
Steven L. Chanenson
No abstract provided.
Federal Cocaine Sentencing In Transition, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman
Federal Cocaine Sentencing In Transition, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman
Steven L. Chanenson
No abstract provided.
Can And Will Information Spur Post-Modern Setencing Reforms?, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman
Can And Will Information Spur Post-Modern Setencing Reforms?, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman
Steven L. Chanenson
No abstract provided.
Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey
Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey
Michelle Madden Dempsey
This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what effective prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that effective prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which constitutes the State as less patriarchal ceteris paribus
Why Sexual Prenetration Requires Justification, Michelle Dempsey, Jonathan Herring
Why Sexual Prenetration Requires Justification, Michelle Dempsey, Jonathan Herring
Michelle Madden Dempsey
This article defends the claim that sexual penetration is a prima facie wrong: it requires justification. We defend this claim by reference to considerations relating the use of physical force required to achieve sexual penetration, the occurrence and risk of harm posed by sexual penetration, and the negative social meaning of sexual penetration in patriarchal societies. The step we take in this article is a preliminary part of a larger project. We are not here directly concerned with questions of criminalisation; we aim simply to map the moral landscape of sexual penetration.