CJS 190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Statutory Rape, Marital Rape, Carnal Knowledge
Document Summary
Until 1870, women were barred from practicing law and serving on juries. 93% of people in jail are men. Coverture the wife"s legal status was subsumed under her husbands identity as a citizen: once married, women did not have the right to own property or to control her own resources. Rule of thumb common law doctrine regulating the use of physical force by husbands against their wives. Domestic violence used to be considered not the courts business and was not interested in the affairs that take place within the home. Sexual assault verbal, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact for attention, including rape, inappropriate touching, voyeurism, exhibitionism, incest, and sexual harassment. Rape forced or coerced sexual assault, usually intercourse. Rape shield laws (1970) laws that bar the introduction of evidence about a victim"s prior sexual conduct. Spousal or marital rape rape of ones spouse.
