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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:16:09 -0700
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Does anyone have a job description for a graduate student assistant who
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upports sexual violence issues?  I am trying to create a position for a
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rad. student and am interested in how others have utilized the
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 skills and knowledge graduate students have.

Any suggestions can be sent to me directly at 
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Thanks!
Lisa Millora

Assistant Dean, Office of Student Life
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
(408) 554-4583


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As I recall, she is also a survivor of child sexual abuse and writes
about
it at length in her book about making peace with the past-- the name
escapes
me right now...

Susan
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Mariah Burton Nelson, Author "The Stronger Women Get The More Men Love
Football" and other great books is an excellent professional speaker and
does very well with large groups.   I am on the road and don't have her
contact information with me. But you can probably find her information
through a google.

 

Cordelia Anderson

Sensibilities, Inc.

4405 Garfield Avenue South

Minneapolis, Minnesota  55419

612-824-6217

 
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Dear colleagues;

In a case decided today, Commonwealth v. King, (available at 
masslaw.com) the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts effectively 
UNDID the hamful effects of our "fresh complaint" rule by eliminating 
the requirement that a rape vicitm's report must be PROMPT in order to 
be admissible under the rule.

As of today, the first person to whom the victim makes a report is 
allowed to take the stand and testify about the fact and the details of 
the victim's first report of the incident.

This is especially important because any delay in reporting can be 
explained by the victim and perhaps supported by the testimony of an 
expert witness.

The other important aspect of the case is the language used by the 
court in discussing why the justice system needs to be mindful of 
prejudice against victims.

the court wrote:

"Though we have located little recent research on juror perceptions of 
rape complainants, the research and scholarship of which we are aware 
suggest that damaging stereotypes persist.  Some jurors may contine to 
believe incorrectly that "real" victims will promptly disclose a sexual 
attack.  Some jurors may continue to harbor prejudicial misperceptions 
about the nature of rape and rape allegations, including that 
complainiants who wear revealing clothing, consume drugs or alcohol or 
have unorthodox or promiscuous lifestyles cannot be "real" victims of 
rape; that forced sex by a spouse or a past partner does not constitute 
"real" rape and that false accusations of sexual assautls are more 
frequent than those of other violent cirmes."

As someone who monitors daily judicial language in sexual assault 
appellate decisions across the country, I can state without hesitation 
that it is refreshing and unusual to see a court write without 
unequivocation that these myths about rape victims are "INCORRECT".  It 
is worth noting that the court included a citation to a DOJ report that 
says only 2% of rape allegations are false  and are no more common than 
false reports of other types of crime.  This is very unusual to see in 
an appellate opinion!!

I submitted an amicus brief in the case strongly urging the court to 
abolish the fresh complaint rule because it wrongly endorsed the idea 
that only victims who report "promptly" deserve the thumb on the scale 
benefits of the "fresh complaint" rule -- they agreed and now they call 
it the "first complaint" rule.

I included in my brief the argument that other types of reforms are in 
order, including mandatory jury screening to eliminate those who bring 
biased views of victims to the process.

Let's hope other states step up to the plate on this pervasive problem.

Wendy Murphy