Rule 412 which is the state of Tennessee’s version of the rape shield law, is designed to protect the victims of rapes and sexual assaults. The protection offered by laws of this nature was to prevent the victims of these heinous assaults from being re-traumatized on the witness stand during cross examination from the alleged perpetrators (Brody & Acker, 2010). Although I am an avid supporter of the right to a fair trial, I feel compelled to be the voice for those who are often subjected to constant
I would make the argument among their groups that have been discussed that women would receive the most and least unequal treatment by law enforcement. In the earlier years of law enforcement sex crimes failed to get the attention they garnered, the investigations many time were shabby and many times officers felt like the victim got what they deserved by dress, action or history. It is now know that each victim is different and everyone will have a different way that they will deal or respond
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior or coercive control in any relationship that is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another. (Violence). Most of society’s think domestic violence is when one of the spouses is abusing the other spouse. Domestic violence can occur between anyone who has lived together at one point of time; couples who have never lived together, but have a child together and family member who has live together in the same household. Domestic
not want to share information out of fear that they’ll get in trouble for sharing it. Privileges in reporter were developed to protect journalists. Reporter 's privilege in the United States is the protection that a reporter has under constitutional law from being forced to reveal their confidential information or sources in court. It may be described in the US as the First Amendment right given to journalists to protect their private sources from being exposed. There are certain states that have
Rape was not always viewed as a crime and marital rape was even further from an act of criminality, in fact until the 1970’s rape laws had some exceptions which left victims unprotected. Rape laws have changed drastically over time and marital rape has become just as recognized as rape committed by a stranger. Two cases of marital rape were reviewed for this discussion, discussion will be based upon similarities and differences regarding the treatment of victims in 1977 versus 2007 as well as how
that definition shrinks as the statutes are examined more concisely (Decker, 2011). With that being said, in addition to defining consent and force, the concept of “rape” has also been clarified and developed. The requirement to prove lack of consent has decreased as the definition of rape has expanded. In cases such as statutory rape, where the victim is underage, the standard of proving lack of consent is dismissed—so, regardless of consent, the action remains categorized
encompass central issues of rape culture: societal perceptions, the victim, and the justice system. Sexual assault is a phenomenon that has been around for centuries. The culture of sexual assault is rooted in both legal practices and societal perceptions; in order for its reforms to be
said “Louise and Thelma both hear and reject the echo of societal conversations about blaming women who get raped because ‘they asked for it.’” Louise immediately acknowledges this stereotype against them which is the fact if a woman was raped, the law will view it like “she had it coming”. In other words, she was provocative in some way that established consent. Another issue concerning gender was the one of outlaw women. Normally, the traditional outlaw film contains a white male that we as the
is difficult to define,bt can be said that it varies according to situations and persons. Since we live in a deomocratic country like india where people are governed by the laws of the country , it is very important to deliver justice on time to the victims to prevent the miscarriage of justice. It is rightly called the shield of innocence and the guardian of civil right. This is so because, like Martin Luther said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” A very recent survey
According to many studies, rape has been declining over the decades. However, more recently, the topic up rape has been brought to many people's attention due to the infamous Brock Turner trial. Rape is defined as “nonconsensual sexual intercourse” and has been recently changed by all states to be gender-neutral (Siegel 334). Fortunately, many laws and regulations have been altered to allow victims to receive the justice they deserve and with this, the taboo of rape has been decreased. Although the