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Human Trafficking Victims' Need For Vacatur: Demolishing Roadblocks To Freedom: An Analysis Of The Current State Laws In The United States, The Current Federal Landscape, And A Call For The United Nations To Amend An Existing Protocol To Allow Victims Of Human Trafficking To Vacate Their Criminal Records, Melissa Owens Jan 2020

Human Trafficking Victims' Need For Vacatur: Demolishing Roadblocks To Freedom: An Analysis Of The Current State Laws In The United States, The Current Federal Landscape, And A Call For The United Nations To Amend An Existing Protocol To Allow Victims Of Human Trafficking To Vacate Their Criminal Records, Melissa Owens

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Treatment Of Domestic Terrorism Cases: Class And Mental Health In The Criminal System, Yolanda C. Rondon Jan 2018

Treatment Of Domestic Terrorism Cases: Class And Mental Health In The Criminal System, Yolanda C. Rondon

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Risky Sexual Behavior -- The "Broken Windows" Of Sexual Assault: A Proposal For Universities To Incorporate Targeted Intervention To Bridge The Gap Between Sexual Assault Prevention And Response, Dominic Angiollo Jan 2018

Risky Sexual Behavior -- The "Broken Windows" Of Sexual Assault: A Proposal For Universities To Incorporate Targeted Intervention To Bridge The Gap Between Sexual Assault Prevention And Response, Dominic Angiollo

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


From Criminals To Survivors: Recognizing Domestic Sex Trafficking As Violence Against Women In The District Of Columbia, Alice Mutter Jan 2018

From Criminals To Survivors: Recognizing Domestic Sex Trafficking As Violence Against Women In The District Of Columbia, Alice Mutter

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of The War On Drugs On Black Women: From Early Legislation To Incarceration, Tiffany Simmons Jan 2018

The Effects Of The War On Drugs On Black Women: From Early Legislation To Incarceration, Tiffany Simmons

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Pressing Pause: Tolling Statutes Of Limitations For Sex Offenses While Rape Kits Remain Untested, Hunter Grolman Jan 2018

Pressing Pause: Tolling Statutes Of Limitations For Sex Offenses While Rape Kits Remain Untested, Hunter Grolman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Rethinking The Effects Of A Guilty Plea On The Right To Challenge One's Statute Of Conviction, Hannah Roberts Jan 2018

Rethinking The Effects Of A Guilty Plea On The Right To Challenge One's Statute Of Conviction, Hannah Roberts

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cruel And Unusual Punishment: Denying Ex-Felons The Right To Vote, Amy Heath Jan 2017

Cruel And Unusual Punishment: Denying Ex-Felons The Right To Vote, Amy Heath

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Domestic Homicides: The Continuing Search For Justice, Caroline Anne Forell Jan 2017

Domestic Homicides: The Continuing Search For Justice, Caroline Anne Forell

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


High Times: Is The Federal Legalization Of Marijuana Next? What The Food And Drug Administration Could Learn From Its Existing Regulations, Christopher B. Erly Jan 2015

High Times: Is The Federal Legalization Of Marijuana Next? What The Food And Drug Administration Could Learn From Its Existing Regulations, Christopher B. Erly

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

This student comment examines the efficacy of marijuana being regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. The author discusses and applies potential FDA regulatory models that could be used to regulate marijuana. The comment concludes marijuana could be easily regulated under the current Food and Drug Administration regulatory scheme and suggests that marijuana should be regulated in a manner akin to tobacco rather than as a drug.


Driving Into Unreasonableness: The Driveway, The Curtilage, And Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy, Vanessa Rownaghi Sep 2011

Driving Into Unreasonableness: The Driveway, The Curtilage, And Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy, Vanessa Rownaghi

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


"No New Babies?" Gender Inequality And Reproductive Control In The Criminal Justice And Prisons System, Rachel Roth May 2011

"No New Babies?" Gender Inequality And Reproductive Control In The Criminal Justice And Prisons System, Rachel Roth

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera May 2011

International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Why Do They Continue To Get The Worst Of Both Worlds? The Case For Providing Louisiana's Juveniles With The Right To A Jury In Delinquency Adjudications, Sandra M. Ko May 2011

Why Do They Continue To Get The Worst Of Both Worlds? The Case For Providing Louisiana's Juveniles With The Right To A Jury In Delinquency Adjudications, Sandra M. Ko

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall May 2011

Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Conceptualizing The Law From A Gender Perspective: Conceptions Regarding Victim And Accused, Gladys Acosta Vargas Feb 2011

Conceptualizing The Law From A Gender Perspective: Conceptions Regarding Victim And Accused, Gladys Acosta Vargas

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Illinois V. Wardlow Feb 2011

Illinois V. Wardlow

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Gimme Some More: Centering Gender And Inequality In Criminal Justice And Discretion Discourse, Shaun Ossei-Owusu Jan 2010

Gimme Some More: Centering Gender And Inequality In Criminal Justice And Discretion Discourse, Shaun Ossei-Owusu

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Girls Gone Wild And Rape Law: Revising The Contractual Concept Of Consent & (And) Ensuring An Unbiased Application Of Reasonable Doubt When The Victim Is Non-Traditional , Michele Alexander Jan 2009

Girls Gone Wild And Rape Law: Revising The Contractual Concept Of Consent & (And) Ensuring An Unbiased Application Of Reasonable Doubt When The Victim Is Non-Traditional , Michele Alexander

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson Jan 2009

Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Giving Birth In Shackles: A Constitutional And Human Rights Violation, Dana L. Sichel Jan 2008

Giving Birth In Shackles: A Constitutional And Human Rights Violation, Dana L. Sichel

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Taking The "Banks" Out Of Banks V. Gonzales: Dna Databanks And The Fourth Amendment Prohibition On Unreasonable Searches And Seizures, Heather Bennett Jan 2007

Taking The "Banks" Out Of Banks V. Gonzales: Dna Databanks And The Fourth Amendment Prohibition On Unreasonable Searches And Seizures, Heather Bennett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Bullet And The Ballot? The Case For Felon Disenfranchisement Statutes, Roger Clegg, George T. Conway Iii, Kenneth K. Lee Jan 2006

The Bullet And The Ballot? The Case For Felon Disenfranchisement Statutes, Roger Clegg, George T. Conway Iii, Kenneth K. Lee

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Heaven Help Us: The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act's Prisoners Provisions In The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's Decision In Cutter V. Wilkinson, Morgan F. Johnson Jan 2006

Heaven Help Us: The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act's Prisoners Provisions In The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's Decision In Cutter V. Wilkinson, Morgan F. Johnson

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Gender Equality, Social Values And Provocaion Law In The United States, Canada And Australia, Caroline Forrell Jan 2006

Gender Equality, Social Values And Provocaion Law In The United States, Canada And Australia, Caroline Forrell

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Roper V. Simmons, Jennifer Eswari Borra Jan 2005

Roper V. Simmons, Jennifer Eswari Borra

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: "Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep": Exploring The Impact Of Crack Cocaine Sentencing And The Illusion Of Reproductive Rights For Black Women From A Critical Race Feminist Perspective , Deleso Alford Washington Jan 2005

Symposium: "Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep": Exploring The Impact Of Crack Cocaine Sentencing And The Illusion Of Reproductive Rights For Black Women From A Critical Race Feminist Perspective , Deleso Alford Washington

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Culture Is No Defense For Infanticide, Michele Wen Chen Wu Jan 2003

Culture Is No Defense For Infanticide, Michele Wen Chen Wu

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


From Seat Belts To Handcuffs: May Police Arrest For Minor Traffic Violations? , Lisa Ruddy Jan 2002

From Seat Belts To Handcuffs: May Police Arrest For Minor Traffic Violations? , Lisa Ruddy

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


When Is An Attempted Rape Not An Attempted Rape? When The Victim Is A Transsexual - Schwenk V. Hartford: The Intersection Of Prison Rape, Title Vii And Societal Willingness To Dehumanize Transsexuals, Katrina C. Rose Jan 2001

When Is An Attempted Rape Not An Attempted Rape? When The Victim Is A Transsexual - Schwenk V. Hartford: The Intersection Of Prison Rape, Title Vii And Societal Willingness To Dehumanize Transsexuals, Katrina C. Rose

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.