Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The article argues for the expansion of rape shield laws to civil cases involving orders of protection, asserting that the exclusion of evidence regarding consensual sex between a victim and her abuser is crucial to counteract prejudicial stereotypes and provide better legal protection for battered women.
Disciplines
Communications Law | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Gender | Second Amendment
Recommended Citation
Sarah C. Ayres,
Expanding Rape Shield Laws: Breaking Through Prejudice for Better Protection of Battered Women,
19
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
821
(2013).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol19/iss3/5
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