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Liberta Revisited: A Call to Repeal the Marital Examption for All Sex Offenses in New York\u27s Penal Law [PDF]
, 1996 This Note argues that to fully protect victims of spousal sexual assault, the New York Legislature should codify the Liberta decision and repeal the marital exemption for all sex offenses.
DeLaMothe, Cassandra M.
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The Crime Bill of 1994 and the Law of Character Evidence: Congress Was Right About Consent Defense Cases [PDF]
, 1995 There is considerable debate as to whether to admit evidence of past sexual assaults in cases where the accused presents a defense of consent to a current sexual assault charge. The consent defense presents a unique situation where, due to the probative
Park, Roger C.
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The “Double Bind” of Gender‐Based Violence: Secondary Victimization in Courtroom Cross‐Examinations
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how secondary victimization is interactionally produced during courtroom cross‐examinations of women who have experienced sexual violence. Drawing on Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Membership Categorization Analysis, the study investigates how defense attorneys invoke rape myths and gendered stereotypes to ...
Selena Mariano
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A scoping review on exploring the urgency of criminalising marital rape in India
Social Sciences and Humanities OpenRape is considered a violation of human dignity across the globe. Every country has framed and implemented policies to safeguard individuals from rape globally.
Shuchismita Ghosh
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Rape Avoidance Behavior among Slovak Women
Evolutionary Psychology, 2013 Rape has been a recurrent adaptive problem for many species, including humans. Rape is costly to women in terms of disease transmission, partner abandonment, and unwanted pregnancy (among other costs).
Pavol Prokop
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New Voices in Japanese Studies, 2016 This article examines how cinematic representations of rape can challenge the silence which surrounds the issue of rape and sexual violence in Japan. A textual analysis of two contemporary fictional Japanese films, DV: Domestic Violence [2005] and The ...
Hei-Lei Cheng
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to better understand juror decision‐making in a less typical rape trial scenario where even prior acquaintance is disputed. Adopting an improved mock trial paradigm including a video‐recorded recreation of a genuine rape allegation and jury‐group deliberation, 156 jury‐eligible participants took part in 1 of 13 ...
Dominic Willmott, Rosie Woodhams
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Editorial Introduction: The utility and futility of 'the nation' in histories of Aotearoa New Zealand. [PDF]
, 2011 An introduction is presented which discusses articles in the issue on New Zealand history, including one on interracial rape and sexual violence in the 1860s, one on postcolonial methodology and the historical concept of the British World, and one on ...
Byrnes, Giselle, Coleborne, Catharine
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examined the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention designed to reduce sex trafficking (ST) myth acceptance. Using a 2 × 2 mixed design, participants (N = 189) viewed either an educational video addressing common ST myths or a control video on human memory.
Dara Mojtahedi +2 more
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The rape myth questionnaire: A pilot study [PDF]
Psihološka Istraživanja, 2018 Rape myths are distorted beliefs about rape (its causes, context, consequences, perpetrators, victims and their interaction). Rape myths serve to deny, trivialize or justify this form of sexual violence and they contribute to frequently intolerant and ...
Genc Ana +4 more
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