In this brief article, written in 1984 and published the following year, Lucinda Vandervort sets out a comprehensive agenda for enforcement of sexual assault laws in Canada. Those familiar with her subsequent writing are aware that the legal implications of the distinction between the "social" ...
Injustice, Backhouse concludes, was "deeply rooted in sexual assault law" (p. 287). Carnal Crimes uses a case-study approach to explore the history of sexual assault in Canada, and of the laws designed to punish it. There are strengths and weaknesses to this approach. A key advantage of...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: html_title /html_title Reviewed by Carolyn Strange Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900–1975 . Constance Backhouse. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2008. Pp. 442, $55.00 Backhouse has done it again: produced a major work...
In CRS 18-3-402, Colorado law defines the crime of sexual assault (rape) as any forced or non-consensual act of sexual penetration.
The term sexual assault, in lay person terms, usually refers to an attack on a person that is sexual in nature. The legal definition of this term actually differs, h
Canada's new sexual assault laws: a step forward for women? Contemp Crises. 1988;9:33-44. 19. Chandler SM, Torney M. The decisions and the processing of rape victims through the crim- inal justice system. Calif Sociologist. 1981;4:155-169. 20. La Free GD. Variables affecting guilty ...
These are Sexual Assault Resources.Please also see:Acquaintance/Date Rape || Drug-Facilitated Rape || Prison Rape || "Rape Culture" || Sexual Harassment ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH(click here for Organizations/Agencies) (click here for COMMENTARY and OPINION) Canada to pay C$1bn to sexual ...
Here we outline the age of consent laws in Australia; sexual assault, sexual act, sexual touching and harassment offences, defences and their penalties; the statutory rape laws in NSW; how alcohol or drugs affect a rape case, rape statistics in Australia, and the various ways your knowledge ...
Different states use the terms “sexual assault” and “sexual abuse” in different ways. Both are typically crimes, though. Sexual abuse is often a sex offense committed on a child, while victims of sexual assault are typically adults. They can also bot
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without consent. All states have enacted laws to prosecute sexual assaults. Virginia's laws prohibiting sexual assault ...