* BA, Yale; JD, Harvard; Assistant Professor, University of Oregon School of Law. I thank Sarah Buel, Carol Chase, George Fisher, Richard Friedman, John Langbein, Miguel …
This book provides a timely analysis of the use of cultural narratives and narratives of credibility in rape trials in England and Wales, drawing on court observation methods. It …
As an adolescent Black girl growing up in the Midwest in the 1980s and 1990s, I had a very good understanding of the" dos" and" don'ts" of life. I knew I should work hard in school and …
AC Thompson - New Eng. J. on Crim. & Civ. Confinement, 2009 - HeinOnline
In hearings before the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2002, 1 Rodney Hulin's mother testified that, at age sixteen, Rodney was sentenced to adult prison for setting a …
This PhD explored the role of rape myths and cultural narratives in serious sexual offences trials in England. The relationship between rape myths and cultural narratives that reflect …
ABSTRACT" What? Don't believe her. She's crazy." And often, we don't. Women are frequently disbelieved just by virtue of being women, and" crazy" is a convenient, gendered …
As a society we look to punish rape offenders harshly. But doing so is only part of the story. While every victim's experience is different, a common narrative emerges. Months after the …
KM Cremin, J Philips, C Stickinger, J Zelhof - JL & Pol'y, 2008 - HeinOnline
The above quotation is from a proceeding against the operator of an adult home in New York City that houses over 200 individuals with disabilities. In that proceeding, the New York …
ABSTRACT" Truth isn't truth," Rudy Giuliani infamously asserted. Though critiqued as a manifestation of the" alternative facts" mindset in a" post-truth" era, Giuliani's words, taken in …