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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
"Summers To Step Down, Ending Tumult at Harvard" kicked off in 2006 as one of the most talked about news stories in higher education. Only a few months later, an event involving another elite institution would grab even more headlines, and with more serious ramifications. Three Duke University men's lacrosse players were indicted on rape…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Segregation, Rape, Death
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Loh, Wallace D. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Compares the impact of common law and reform rape legislation on prosecution based on analysis of 445 forcible and statutory rape cases in King County, Washington. Concludes that the impact of the statutory reform has been mainly symbolic and educative for society at large, rather than instrumental for law enforcement. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Attitudes, Court Litigation, Criminals