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Statutory Rape Law And Enforcement In The Wake Of Welfare Reform, Rigel C. Oliveri
Statutory Rape Law And Enforcement In The Wake Of Welfare Reform, Rigel C. Oliveri
Faculty Publications
The recent national efforts at reforming the welfare system and new research on the connection between teen pregnancy and statutory rape have led many states to enact stricter laws against statutory rape and to increase the enforcement of existing laws. Punitive statutory rape laws are being viewed more and more as a mechanism for shrinking the welfare rolls by reducing teen pregnancy. Rigel Oliveri documents the resurgence of statutory rape law and enforcement and explores the ramifications it will have on teen parents. In particular, Oliveri approaches the issue from several analytical frameworks, discussing arguments for consent-based standards, the privacy …
Dc Consortium Of Legal Service Providers: Legal Services 2000 Symposium, Peter B. Edelman
Dc Consortium Of Legal Service Providers: Legal Services 2000 Symposium, Peter B. Edelman
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
My main point is to urge you to the see what is possible in the way of what I might call a public health approach to lawyering for the poor. In a public health approach you find something that has polluted the river and you clean it up at its source instead of just treating its victims one by one. In legal and societal terms, when we are discussing why so many children are growing up poor and dying a slow death of disappointment, the challenge is to think about it in a public health way. Of course we cannot …