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"Because Ladies Lie": Eliminating Vestiges of the Corroboration and Resistance Requirements from Ohio's Sexual Offenses
Cleveland State Law Review
  • Patricia J Falk, Cleveland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2014
Keywords
  • sexual offenses,
  • rape,
  • sexual imposition
Disciplines
Abstract

In response to alarming statistics about the dearth of rape cases brought to successful fruition, feminist critiques of rape law, and changing attitudes about sexual autonomy, rape and sexual assault statutes in America have undergone enormous revision during the last few decades. The barriers to successful prosecution of rape cases-including the corroboration and resistance requirements-have been slowly eroding in modern statutory law. Despite rampant rape reform, these old-fashioned requirements have been remarkably persistent, and vestiges of them remain in twenty-first-century statutory enactments.

Citation Information
Patricia J. Falk, "Because Ladies Lie": Eliminating Vestiges of the Corroboration and Resistance Requirements from Ohio's Sexual Offenses". 62 Cleveland State Law Review 343 (2014).