CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Healing Lodge, Karla Homolka, Sexual Assault
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Early theories of female o ending: lombroso, women are less likely to commit crimes then men, due to their natural biological passivity. And how are both women"s engagement with the drug trade and the state response to that engagement shaped by race and class? (boyd, 2006 pg 139: single mothers as undeserving poor , impact of welfare reform. The case of ashley smith: overlap with mental health and cjs, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=yryxnq00_c0, discussion. Defense strategies: whacking the complainant , use of medical records, challenging consent. Culture of skepticism: sexual assault is one of the most under-reported crimes, reluctance to involve police, ideal victim , recording sexual assaults as unfounded". Conclusions of johnson article: the decision to report is complex and multifaceted, culture of skepticism in cjs, real rape , ideal victim . Next week: mental health and cjs: chaimowitz, g. (2012). This is called: the dark gure of crime, overrepresentation in statistics, failure of police recording, self report surveys.
