The Language of Violence: Readings

Required Readings for Participants in Group A:

Angela Browne, When Battered Women Kill, 164-65 (1987).
Deborah Epstein, "Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence Cases: Rethinking the Roles of Prosecutors, Judges, and the Court System," 11 Yale J.L. & Feminism 3 (1999).

Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends.
Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, "Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey."
Deborah Epstein, "Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence Cases: Rethinking the Roles of Prosecutors, Judges, and the Court System," 11 Yale J.L. & Feminism 3 (1999).
Diane L. Rosenfeld, "Law Enforcement Sends Mixed Signals," Chicago Tribune, July 29, 1994.
Forward to "Domestic Violence and Stalking: The Second Annual Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act" (Statement of Bonnie J. Campbell, Director, Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice).
Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, "Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey" [Summary], April 1998.

Duncan Kennedy, "Sexy Dressing, Etc.," Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993, Excerpt, pp. 136-8.

Susan Faludi, Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, (1999), p. 114.
Associated Press, "Citadel Freshmen Include 41 Women," Greensboro News & Record, August 5, 1999.

Clarence Page, "Bobbitt Tale Needs Happy Ending After the Bobbitt Salute," Chicago Tribune, January 19, 1994.
Richard Leiby, "Bobbitt: A Slice of America; As Lorena's Trial Begins, Debate Rages Over a Powerful Symbol," The Washington Post, January 11, 1994.
Elizabeth V. Spelman and Martha Minow, "Outlaw Women: An Essay on Thelma & Louise," Excerpt from 26 New Eng. L. Rev. 1281 (1992) Footnotes omitted.

Cynthia Grant Bowman, "Street Harassment and the Informal Ghettoization of Women," Excerpt from 106 Harvard Law Review 517 (1993).

Catherine S. Manegold, "In Glory's Shadow," Interview, December 1, 1999.
The Associated Press, "Former Citadel Cadet Awarded $135,000," The Herald Rock Hill, November 16, 1999.
Linda K. Kerber, "Getting the Shaft: Feminist Susan Faludi Explains How American Men Have Been Cheated by Their Culture," Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1999.
Diana H. Mazur, "A Call to Arms," Excerpts from 22 Harv. Women's L.J. 39 (1999).
Susan Faludi, "Stiffed," Excerpts.