Help for the Falsely Accused
Review of “Assessing Police Classifications of Sexual Assault Reports: A Meta-Analysis of False Reporting Rates” (Ferguson & Malouff, 2016) One of the problems in dealing with accusations of sexual assault Continue Reading
In the midst of a growing moral panic around sexual assault, one of the targets has been sexist “dinosaur” judges who fall prey to “rape myths.” In Canada, former Alberta Continue Reading
On June 24th, 2018, I attended the second evening of a debate between Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris which has not been made available online. People are desperate for a Continue Reading
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” ~ Thomas Jefferson The role of the press in sexual assault cases is Continue Reading
“We will now deliberate and return with a guilty verdict.” ~Judith Draper, 3rd Rock from the Sun On February 27th, the Canadian federal government published the 2018 Budget. Titled “Equality and Continue Reading
“We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.” ~ Thomas Szasz In response to the #MeToo movement, male “allies” have come up with some hashtags of their Continue Reading
“My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.” ~ Sonia Sotomayor Recently, the Continue Reading
“What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined.” ~ Carl Sagan The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines epistemology as “the study of knowledge and justified Continue Reading
In her Atlantic article, “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari,” Caitlin Flanagan aptly described the recent sexual assault accusation against Ansari as “3,000 words of revenge porn.” Having been through a Continue Reading
In her Atlantic article, “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari,” Caitlin Flanagan aptly described the recent sexual assault accusation against Ansari as “3,000 words of revenge porn.” Having been through a Continue Reading
