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Sexual assault in Canada : law, legal practice, and women's activism / Elizabeth A. Sheehy, editor.
Van Pelt Library HV6569.C3 S49 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual abuse victims--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.
- Sexual abuse victims.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Canada.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Sex crimes--Investigation.
- Rape.
- Women--Crimes against.
- Sexual abuse victims--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Canada.
- Women--Crimes against--Canada.
- Women.
- Sex crimes--Canada.
- Sex crimes.
- Rape--Canada.
- Sex crimes--Investigation--Canada.
- Feminism--Canada.
- Feminism.
- Doe, Jane.
- Physical Description:
- 819 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Sexual Assault in Canada is the first English-language book in almost two decades to assess the state of sexual assault law and legal practice in Canada. Inspired by the ten-year a anniversary of Jane Doe's historic legal victory against Toronto police for sex discrimination and negligence in the policing of sexual assault, this book undertakes a multi-faceted assessment of the progress of feminist reforms to Canadian sexual assault law and practice and reflects on the state of activism around sexual assault. It articulates a myriad of new ideas, such as national standards for the prosecution of sexual assault and a new cause of action for the wrongful unfounding of sexual assault complaints, as well as inspired activist strategies, such as the Garneau Sisterhood's poster campaign, to inform the next decade of research and revision for this critical area of law and policy. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I
- 1 The Victories of Jane Doe / Elizabeth A Sheehy Sheehy, Elizabeth A 23
- Appendix A Amended Statement of Claim: Jane Doe v Board of Commissioners of Police 39
- 2 Jane Doe v Toronto Commissioners of Police: A View from the Bar / Sean Dewart Dewart, Sean 47
- 3 New Zealand's Jane Doe / Julia Tolmie Tolmie, Julia 53
- 4 Hockey Night in Canada / Laura Robinson Robinson, Laura 73
- 5 Indigenous Women and Sexual Assault in Canada / Tracey Lindberg Lindberg, Tracey, Priscilla Campeau Campeau, Priscilla, Maria Campbell Campbell, Maria 87
- 6 Lawful Subversion of the Criminal Justice Process? Judicial, Prosecutorial, and Police Discretion in Edmondson, Kindrat, and Brown / Lucinda Vandervort Vandervort, Lucinda 111
- 7 The Supreme Court of Canada's Betrayal of Residential School Survivors: Ignorance is No Excuse / Sheila McIntyre McIntyre, Sheila 151
- 8 Sexual Assault and Disabled Women Ten Years after Jane Doe / Fran Odette Odette, Fran 173
- 9 Police Investigation of Sexual Assault Complaints: How Far Have We Come Since Jane Doe? / Teresa DuBois DuBois, Teresa 191
- 10 Striking Back: The Viability of a Civil Action Against the Police for the "Wrongful Unfounding" of Reported Rapes / A Blair Crew Crew, A Blair 211
- Appendix B Reported Sexual Assaults and Criminal Offences and Unfounding Rates Reported by Ontario Police Forces, 2003-2007 240
- 11 Third-Wave Anti-rape Activism on Neoliberal Terrain: The Garneau Sisterhood / Lise Gotell Gotell, Lise 243
- 12 Sisterhood Will Get Ya: Anti-rape Activism and the Criminal Justice System / Meagan Johnston Johnston, Meagan 267
- 13 Where Has All the Anger Gone? / Diana Yaros Yaros, Diana 301
- 14 Vitreous Fragility: Reimagining Women Through Art / Shary Boyle Boyle, Shary 313
- 15 The fane Doe Coffee-Table Book About Rape: Reflections on Rebellious Writing and Teaching / Gillian Calder Calder, Gillian, Rebecca Johnson Johnson, Rebecca 331
- Part II
- 16 Who Benefits From the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit? / Jane Doe Doe, Jane 355
- 17 Perpetuating-and Resisting-Rape Myths in Trial Discourse / Susan Ehrlich Ehrlich, Susan 389
- 18 Questioning "Expert" Knowledges / Sunny Marriner Marriner, Sunny 409
- 19 Zero Tolerance Some of the Time? Doctors and Sexual Abuse in Ontario / Sanda Rodgers Rodgers, Sanda 451
- 20 Judges and the Reasonable Steps Requirement: The Judicial Stance on Perpetration Against Unconscious Women / Elizabeth A Sheehy Sheehy, Elizabeth A 483
- 21 An Equality-Oriented Approach to the Admissibility of Similar Fact Evidence in Sexual Assault Prosecutions / David M Tanovich Tanovich, David M 541
- 22 Raising the Age of Sexual Consent: Renewing Legal Moralism? / Julie Desrosiers Desrosiers, Julie 569
- 23 What's in a Face? Demeanour Evidence in the Sexual Assault Context / Natasha Bakht Bakht, Natasha 591
- 24 Limits of a Criminal Justice Response: Trends in Police and Court Processing of Sexual Assault / Holly Johnson Johnson, Holly 613
- 25 HIV Exposure as Assault: Progressive Development or Misplaced Focus? / Alison Symington Symington, Alison 635
- 26 All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The False Promise of Victim Impact Statements / Rakhi Ruparelia Ruparelia, Rakhi 665
- 27 Confronting Restorative Justice in Neo-liberal Times: Legal and Rape Narratives in Conditional Sentencing / Gillian Balfour Balfour, Gillian, Janice Du Mont Mont, Janice Du 701
- 28 A Feminist Remedy for Sexual Assault: A Quest for Answers / Constance Backhouse Backhouse, Constance 725.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 077663044X
- 9780776630441
- OCLC:
- 780360661
- Publisher Number:
- 99954867608
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