Sexual Assault in Canada Law, Legal Practice and Women’s Activism

A challenging look at the state of sexual assault law, legal practice and activism in Canada.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Elizabeth A. Sheehy (auth), Sheehy, Elizabeth A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2012
2012.
Colección:Open Access e-Books
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Still Punished for Being Female / Claire L'Heureux-Dube
  • Introduction / Elizabeth A. Sheehy
  • PART I. The Victories of Jane Doe / Elizabeth A. Sheehy
  • Jane Doe versus Toronto Commissioners of Police: A View from the Bar / Sean Dewart
  • New Zealand's Jane Doe / Julia Tolmie
  • Hockey Night in Canada / Laura Robinson
  • Indigenous Women and Sexual Assault in Canada / Maria Campbell, Priscilla Campeau, and Tracey Lindberg
  • Legal Subversion of the Criminal Justice Process? Judicial, Prosecutorial, and Police Discretion in Edmondson, Kindrat and Brown / Lucinda Vandervort
  • The Supreme Court of Canada's Betrayal of Residential School Survivors: Ignorance is No Excuse / Sheila McIntyre
  • Sexual Assault and Disabled Women Ten Years after Jane Doe / Fran Odette
  • Police Investigation of Sexual Assault Complaints: How Far Have We Come Since Jane Doe? / Teresa DuBois
  • Striking Back: The Viability of a Civil Action Against the Police for the "Wrongful Unfounding" of Reported Rapes / Blair Crew
  • Third-Wave Anti-rape Activism on Neoliberal Terrain: The Garneau Sisterhood / Lise Gotell
  • Sisterhood Will Get Ya: Anti-rape Activism and the Criminal Justice System / Meagan Johnston
  • Where Has All the Anger Gone? / Diana Yaros
  • Vitreous Fragility: Re-imagining Women through Art / Shary Boyle
  • The Jane Doe Coffee Table Book about Rape: Reflections on Rebellious Writing and Teaching / Gillian Calder and Rebecca Johnson
  • PART II. Who Benefits From the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit? / Jane Doe
  • Perpetuating - and Resisting - Rape Myths in Trial Discourse / Susan Ehrlich
  • Questioning "Expert" Knowledges / Sunny Marriner
  • Zero Tolerance Some of the Time? Doctors and Sexual Abuse in Ontario / Sanda Rodgers
  • Judges and the Reasonable Steps Requirement: The Judicial Stance on Perpetration Against Unconscious Women / Elizabeth A. Sheehy
  • An Equality-Oriented Approach to the Admissibility of Similar Fact Evidence in Sexual Assault Prosecutions / David M. Tanovich
  • Raising the Age of Sexual Consent: The Renewing of Legalistic Moralism? / Julie Desrosiers
  • What's in a Face? Demeanour Evidence in the Sexual Assault Context / Natasha Bakht
  • Limits of a Criminal Justice Response: Trends in Police and Court Processing of Sexual Assault / Holly Johnson
  • HIV Exposure as Assault: Progressive Development or Misplaced Focus? / Alison Symington
  • All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The False Promise of Victim Impact Statements / Rakhi Ruparelia
  • Confronting Restorative Justice in Neo-Liberal Times: Legal and Rape Narratives in Conditional Sentencing / Gillian Balfour and Janice Du Mont
  • A Feminist Remedy for Sexual Assault: A Quest for Answers / Constance Backhouse
  • Afterword / Jane Doe.