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Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Law
September Roundtable: Introduction
September Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
The Rape of the Congo. By Adam Hochschild. The New York Review of Books. August 13, 2009.
From Armchair Reading To Action: Acknowledging Our Role In The Horror Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo - And Doing Something About It., Shareen Hertel
From Armchair Reading To Action: Acknowledging Our Role In The Horror Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo - And Doing Something About It., Shareen Hertel
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Reading Adam Hochschild's extraordinary account of ordinary people caught up in the horrific ravages of a civil war raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), I was struck by how incongruous my own encounter with this suffering is. I read his article over lunch, safe in the comfort of my own home. As a woman, I live largely without fear of the kind of brutal sexual violence that Hochschild opens his article with, as he related the story of a Congolese NGO worker who is herself a victim of multiple rapes.
A Crooked Picture: Re-Framing The Problem Of Child Sexual Abuse, Eric S. Janus
A Crooked Picture: Re-Framing The Problem Of Child Sexual Abuse, Eric S. Janus
Faculty Scholarship
This article discusses the problem of ending child sexual abuse using an allegory explaining that certain types of punitive solutions as solving the river "downstream", or in problem-solving mode, as opposed to "upstream", or in prospective problem avoidance. The thesis of this brief article is that our public policy is focused too far downstream. We rightly condemn child sexual abuse, but our public discourse frames the issue in a way that misdirects our public policy towards downstream solutions. If we truly want to protect our children from sexual abuse and end the cycle of violence, we need to reframe the …
Transitioning Our Prisons Toward Affirmative Law: Examining The Impact Of Gender Classification Policies On U.S. Transgender Prisoners, Richael Faithful
Transitioning Our Prisons Toward Affirmative Law: Examining The Impact Of Gender Classification Policies On U.S. Transgender Prisoners, Richael Faithful
The Modern American
No abstract provided.
Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers
Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Legal Responses To Sexual Violence In Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse Of Individuals Under Custodial Supervision, Brenda V. Smith, Jaime M. Yarussi
Legal Responses To Sexual Violence In Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse Of Individuals Under Custodial Supervision, Brenda V. Smith, Jaime M. Yarussi
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This publication is part of a larger scholarly project and one in a series that aims to create a “legal toolkit” for addressing sexual violence in custody. This publication begins with a brief discussion of staff sexual misconduct, and then examines a variety of definitions of staff sexual misconduct as defined by federal law. Next, the publication explores, in detail, sexual misconduct as defined by state criminal laws in the United States, provides examples of current state criminal laws on staff sexual misconduct and discusses the legal implications of these statutes. Finally, this publication concludes by reviewing the policy issues …