To be a privileged Caucasian male in America is to be found guilty of three counts of sexual assault and receive a recommended sentence of six years out of the maximum fourteen that these crimes carry. Brock Turner is the privileged student of Stanford University that ended up being sentenced to only six months out of the six years but, only served a brief ninety days in county jail. People vs. Turner features young college student Brock turner and his crimes of sexual assault against an unconscious ‘Jane Doe’ behind a garage dumpster. Although physical and eyewitness testimony concluded that Jane Doe was unconscious during the time of the assault and for the following hours, Brock Turner stated the encounters were consensual. As the case unraveled …show more content…
She had to be told that she was taken and advantage of and process the violation of her body in front of everyone around her (Miller, M). Although she did not experience the assault in a conscious mind, she still suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While Brock was worried about being on the sex offender registry for life, Jane Doe must live with the psychological effects of PTSD and physical effects for an unknown amount of time. PTSD can traumatize those who have it with depression and severe anxiety. PTSD not only is caused by the assault itself but the aftermath. Although necessary for a thorough police report the procedures taken by the medical team often feel like another violation of one’s body. Jane Doe stated that she wanted to leave her body right there in the hospital bed. It’s not uncommon to feel this way as many victim’s self-blame. Jane Doe knew there was no logical reason for Brock to have performed sexual acts with her without consent so self-blame becomes an effort to rationalize why she got assaulted. Time and therapy can help a victim find healing with this condition it isn’t an easy task. PTSD is formed through memory schema based on a cognitive behavioral view (Hyde & Quest, 2012, page 285). She couldn’t remember the attack Jane Doe started questioning her …show more content…
To be convicted of not one, but three sexual assault crimes and only see a jail cell for ninety days is not enough. Brock Turner only received ninety days with all the evidence stacked against him because the court used the sentencing period based on Turners best interest. Although court documents also noted that this minimum recommendation was not significant especially under the circumstances of this case. The court documents notice that this sentence was usually for those who took responsibility within a plea and with this sentence rape culture on college campuses would be further strengthened ("COURT DOCUMENTS: STANFORD RAPE CASE", 2016). This shortcoming has been noted in the justice system and the reason for Restorative Justice formed by Mary Kross. This system is meant to empower victims since their actions are not taken seriously in a court of law and form a procedure for repartitions without any lawyers (Hyde & Quest, 2012, page 293). The victim meets with her offender and they have an extensive counseling session. This technique may see unorthodox but it holds the defendant responsible for his actions and could be therapeutic. Another conflict of this case was that Brock Turner not only spent a short amount of time paying for his crime but he never took ownership. Him and his family apologize for the nights even but never implicitly state what he did. Whether Brock believes it was
In “Crime and Punishment: The saga of Richie Parker” published in Sports Illustrated, Gary Smith helps to explain just how many people are affected by a single sexual assault case. He does this in a very unique style by giving 12 sections explaining the incident from different points of view and the effects of a single crime. One person affected was Jill Agostino, the sports copy editor for Newsday. Her unnamed colleague had given her a copy of an article he was writing on Richie Parker and called asking if she liked it. Little did he know, stories like his were keeping her up at night, reminding her of the time she was raped nine years earlier.
In 2015, Brock Turner, a student from Stanford, sexually assaulted a young woman on campus. Turner claimed that “his actions [were] the product of a culture of drinking, peer pressure and ‘sexual promiscuity’’ which led him to having 6 months in jail on Judge Persky’s ruling. The aftermath of the case, Stanford University, according to Erik Ortiz, “banned hard liquor at all on campus parties; [however], beer and wine are still allowed”, meaning that Stanford made minor changes to address future problems and had little action on the topic. College should focus on sexual assault on campus by enforcing punishment, passing more policies, and learning to ignore their image to reduce the number of rape cases on campus.
On January 18, 2015, two graduate students were biking at Stanford University when they saw a man raping an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster. The man saw the bikers and attempted to run away, but the bikers chased him down and tackled him. They called the police and the man was arrested. The man was Brock Turner, a freshman swimmer at Stanford University. He was intoxicated but told police he remembered everything.
When I first learned about rape, and sexual violence in general, I assumed that every victim reported their abuse, and every rapist went to jail. Once I learned that the reality was the opposite of my beliefs, I was confused. I did not understand why someone would not go to the police and seek out charges against their assaulters. Yet, the stories of Frances Thompson and the victim of Nate Parker, illustrate the extreme dangers that come along with reporting. Moreover, I am currently worried about the details that have been released in the Derek Rose rape case, and what may happen to the victim in this situation.
Nat Turner was the officer of the best serf disobedience in Southampton Region, Virginia, in 1831. Nat Turner (October 2, 1800, to November 11, 1831) was a serf who turned into an evangelist and changed the course of history by beginning one of the bloodiest serf revolts in America on August 21, 1831. Turner sought total isolation for a month and a half after the revolt, until the point when he surrendered calmly. This crossroads in history finished the freedom development here and prompted considerably brassier laws against serfs. While Turner turned into the picture of the 1960s dark power development, others have assaulted him for utilizing ruthlessness as a method for testing the framework to roll out an improvement for blacks in the US.
Maria Cabrera Documentary Reflection The Hunting Ground is a documentary film targeting the frequent sexual assaults on college campuses in the United States. Colleges across the United States have failed to meet justice for victims with confrontations. The film is concentrated on Annie. E. Clark and Andrea Pino, two graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who decided to file a complaint about their assaults while they were attending the University.
Although the numbers have decreased somewhat, there is no evidence that the number of sexual crimes is decreasing significantly. It is also important to remember that these numbers only include reported incidents and many cases go unreported. In many cases, sexual assault victims suffer from trauma. One of the most common post-assault disorders is PTSD. Victims who suffer from PTSD tend to have panic attacks when something triggers memories of the events (Marston-Salem).
Date rape victims are left ashamed and full of fright. They do not know how to cope with life after they have been through a traumatizing situation. This could affect the perpetrator as well. The perpetrator could have once been a victim. There are many interventions and programs everywhere that could help both the victim and the perpetrator.
The movie "Sleepers" directed by Barry Levinston stared four boys Shakes, Tommy, Micheal and John. The boys stole a hot dog cart from a vendor, while the boys were running away with the cart it slipped away from their hands into the subway station, and it accidentally crushed the man at the bottom of the stairs severely injuring him. Now the four boys are facing three charges mischief causing danger to life, mischief under over $5000 and theft. The Canadian criminal code outlines mischief causing danger to life as an indictable offence with the max penalty of life imprisonment, mischief to property and theft over $5000 can either be a summary conviction or indictable offences with the max penalty of 10 years imprisonment (Criminal
In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her arduous battle for racial equality in the brutal town of Little Rock, Arkansas in the late 1950s. When she was only twelve years old, Melba survived attempted rape by a white man. Scared and confused, Melba went home and told her family. However, they instructed her to keep quiet about the abuse because they believed getting the police involved would only make things worse. Unfortunately, thousands of sexual assaults still go unreported for a myriad of reasons, including distrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system, the possibility that the abuser will not be punished, and victim blaming, a common occurrence in our society.
PTSD can also occur in victims of rape, kidnapping,
The fall of 1994, Christy Brzonkala a Virginia native entered her first year of college at enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech). September of that year, Brzonkala met Antonio Morrison and James Crawford, both students at Virginia Tech. These two boys, members of the varsity football team, allegedly assaulted and repeatedly raped Christy, within 30 minutes of meeting her. After the attack, Morrison allegedly told Brzonkala, “You better not have any … diseases.” (UNITED STATES V MORRISON).
Restorative Justice processes are likely to reduce criminals from repeating offenses, as numerous recidivism studies have demonstrated. Thus, it would be more than justified to employ restorative processes a response to crimes under
Today our justice system has a multitude of options when dealing with those who are convicted of offenses. However, many argue that retributive justice is the only real justice there is. This is mainly because its advantage is that it gives criminals the appropriate punishment that they deserve. The goals of this approach are clear and direct. In his book The Little Book of Restorative Justice, Zehr Howard (2002), illustrates that the central focus of retributive justice is offenders getting what they deserve (p. 30).
Batley (2005) stated that restorative justice is about restoring, healing and re- integrating victims, offenders, as well as the society and also preventing further harm. In this assignment, I will be discussing approaches to restorative justice and illustrating their advantages and disadvantages to offending. I will also provide the applications of these five approaches of restorative justice which are retributive approach, utilitarian deterrence approach, rehabilitation approach, restitution approach and restorative approach in the given case study. I will then explain my preferred approach to justice through identifying a personal belief or value that underpins my choice.