News in Brief Sexual Abuse and Disability The erasure of victims with disabilities. By David Perry (Photo: Jobs For Felons/Flickr) Last December, Nicholas Fifield, then… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Brock Turner Is Already Getting Out of Jail After serving just three months of a six-month sentence. By Madeleine Thomas Brock Turner during his initial booking.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Re-Writing Rape Laws to Better Focus on Consent California lawmakers are looking at a new model for the definition of rape—one that emphasizes consent rather than… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Judge of the Brock Turner Trial Approved a Harsher Sentence for a Latino Defendant The similarities in the two cases highlight the racial biases that plague the criminal justice system. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Do We Prevent the Next Brock Turner? We rely on parents to teach their sons not to rape, but there’s no good reason to believe… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Revolving Door of Sexual Assault Brock Turner wasn’t the first, and he won’t be the last. By Lisa Wade Brock Turner. (Photo: Twitter) In… Pacific Standard Staff