Because Ladies Lie : Eliminating Vestiges of the Corroboration and Resistance Requirements from Ohio's Sexual Offenses

Falk, Patricia J

Because Ladies Lie : Eliminating Vestiges of the Corroboration and Resistance Requirements from Ohio's Sexual Offenses

In response to alarming statistics about the dearth of rape cases brought to successful fruition, feminist critiques of rape law, and changing attitudes about sexual autonomy, rape and sexual assault statutes in America have undergone enormous revision during the last few decades. The barriers to su...

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1. VerfasserIn:	Falk, Patricia J (VerfasserIn)
Medienart:	Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	2014
In:	Jahr: 2014
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Zusammenfassung:	In response to alarming statistics about the dearth of rape cases brought to successful fruition, feminist critiques of rape law, and changing attitudes about sexual autonomy, rape and sexual assault statutes in America have undergone enormous revision during the last few decades. The barriers to successful prosecution of rape cases-including the corroboration and resistance requirements-have been slowly eroding in modern statutory law. Despite rampant rape reform, these old-fashioned requirements have been remarkably persistent, and vestiges of them remain in twenty-first-century statutory enactments