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Whose Justice? Which Victims?, Lynne Henderson May 1996

Whose Justice? Which Victims?, Lynne Henderson

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A Review of George Fletcher, With Justice for Some: Victim's Rights in Criminal Trials


Putting Women First, Mary Coombs May 1995

Putting Women First, Mary Coombs

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A Review of Gender, Crime, and Punishment by Kathleen Daly


Rape Discourse In Press Coverage Of Sex Crimes, Peggy Reeves Sanday May 1993

Rape Discourse In Press Coverage Of Sex Crimes, Peggy Reeves Sanday

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A Review of Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes


Legal Images Of Battered Women: Redefining The Issue Of Separation, Martha R. Mahoney Oct 1991

Legal Images Of Battered Women: Redefining The Issue Of Separation, Martha R. Mahoney

Michigan Law Review

Part I of this article discusses violence in the ordinary lives of women, describing individual and societal denial that pretends domestic violence is rare when statistics show it is common, and describing the ways in which motherhood shapes women's experience of violence and choices in response to violence. Part II examines definitions of battering and evaluates their effectiveness at disguising or revealing the struggle for control at the heart of the battering process. I then describe in Part III the pressures that self-defense and custody cases place on legal and cultural images of battered women and contrast the development of …


Reexamining The Law Of Rape, Janet E. Findlater May 1988

Reexamining The Law Of Rape, Janet E. Findlater

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A Review Real Rape by Susan Estrich


The Ultimate Violation, Todd Maybrown May 1987

The Ultimate Violation, Todd Maybrown

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A Review of The Ultimate Violation by Judith Rowland


The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review

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A Review of The Home Front: Notes from the Family War Zone by Louise Armstrong


A True Deliverance: The Joan Little Case, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

A True Deliverance: The Joan Little Case, Michigan Law Review

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A Review of A True Deliverance: The Joan Little Case by Fred Harwell