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By Corey Rayburnyung

I talked a bit about Berman & Bibas's new article, but I am little behind on the rest of my reading on SSRN (144 essay exams by 1L's will do that to you). Here are some interesting articles posted recently with abstracts: Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Correctional Settings: Examining Prosecutors' Perceptions, by BRENDA V. SMITH:The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) is the first piece of federal legislation, which expressly and exclusively addresses sexual abuse of persons in custody. Notwithstanding passage of the Act, there is clear belief, echoed by correctional leaders, that prosecutors are reluctant at best, and unwilling at worst, to prosecute cases of sexual violence in correctional settings. In order to gather information on prosecutor interest in and capacity to prosecute these cases, the National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape at the Washington College of Law the (the NIC/WCL Project) collected data from state and federal prosecutors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).