A letter to Oregon State Senator Floyd Prozanski urging him to amend a proposed bill to increase the statute of limitations for rape cases without DNA evidence to 20 year.
Sexual Violence
If you are being watched, leave now!
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This guide details state policies on unemployment insurance eligibility for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking who need to leave their jobs or are discharged because of the violence in their lives.
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2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the historic passage of the watershed Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)—the first comprehensive federal legislative package designed to end violence against women—which was signed into law in September, 1994 as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
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Yellowstone County District Court Judge Todd Baugh, whose comments
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Several states have proposed or enacted laws allowing employers to apply for restraining orders to prevent violence, harassment, or stalking of their employees. The laws vary in significant ways, such as whether the employer may seek a restraining order or injunction on behalf of itself rather than on behalf of the employee and whether an employee who is the target of violence must be consulted prior to the employer’s seeking a restraining order.
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Many domestic violence victims report losing their housing due, at least in part, to the violence in their lives. Several jurisdictions have enacted laws specifically indicating that domestic violence victims are protected from housing discrimination.
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A two-day model curriculum that focuses on dealing fairly with sexual assault cases, especially nonstranger rapes. It invites judges to consider how this research on adult victim sexual assault relates to their responsibilities as leaders in the criminal justice system and the community.
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This model curriculum for prosecutors, developed with the American Prosecutors Research Institute, provides prosecutors with tools for successful sex crimes prosecutions, especially nonstranger rapes.