Out of bounds: professional sports leagues and domestic violence
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Professional sports leagues should develop domestic violence policies for their athletes that mirror existing antidrug policies. If the leagues provide appeals procedures, courts probably would not intervene in domestic abuse sanctions, since drug sanctions have been widely accepted as valid. Such policies are needed to protect the image of sports, promote public policy, and curb athletes' inclinations toward violent behavior. The policies could be enacted under a commissioner's rulemaking or integrity of the game powers, or by incorporating rules into collective bargaining agreements.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 1996
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Racial violence against Asian Americans
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Stereotypes motivate racial violence against Asian Americans. The crimes are based on either racial hostility or rational targeting, in which race figures in the calculated costs and benefits of crime. Stereotypes that contribute to such crimes include the perception that Asian Americans are rich and physically weak, that Asian Americans as the model minority do not face discrimination, that they are an economic threat, foreign and interchangeable rather than individual. Countering such stereotypes should help to eliminate racial violence against Asian Americans.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 1993
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No right to choose: mandated victim participation in domestic violence prosecutions
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A tension is created between attempting to protect domestic violence and not respecting their wishes under domestic violence prosecution systems that mandate victim participation, but prosecutors can reduce that tension by minimizing reliance on victim testimony. Mandatory participation rules reduce the risk that an abuser will try th influence the decision of the victim to prosecute because the victim does not decide. Reliance on victim testimony can be reduced through thorough investigation and collection of physical evidence.
Publication Name: Harvard Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0017-811X
Year: 1996
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