Justice denied : what America must do to protect its children /

"There is a silent epidemic of childhood sexual abuse in the United States, but our legal system is not effectively protecting the most innocent from predators. Recent coverage of widespread abuse in schools and in churches has brought the once-taboo subject of childhood sexual abuse to the for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Marci
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Child sexual abuse > United States.
Child abuse > Law and legislation > United States.
Time (Law) > United States.
Délai (Droit) > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Child abuse > Law and legislation.
Child sexual abuse.
Time (Law)
Sexueller Missbrauch
Strafverfahrensrecht
Verjährung
Kind
Strafverfolgung
United States.
USA
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • We have failed our children
  • What is wrong with the system? : the courthouse doors are closed to survivors
  • The solution is clear and simple : abolish the statutes of limitation for childhood sexual abuse
  • What it will take to protect children : what the states must do; what the federal government should do
  • Barrier #1 : the insurance industry
  • Barrier #2 : the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church
  • The other barriers : teachers, defense attorneys, and an uninformed public
  • Conclusion: The coming civil rights movement for children.

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