We have developed three individual resources on rape shield, to include a survey of United States statutes, a collection of relevant case law, and a chart surveying the rules of admissibility across the country.
Victim Privileges and Confidentiality
This resource is a statutory compilation on victim privilege and confidentiality laws broken down by practitioner.
Strangulation
This resource includes a statutory compilation of strangulation crimes in the 50 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, Military, and federal jurisdictions. Relevant case law is also included, where applicable, for each jurisdiction. AEquitas has also developed an additional document discussing the legislative response to strangulation.
Statute of Limitations for Sexual Assault Offenses
This resources includes an analysis of and the law on statutes of limitations for sexual offenses in the 50 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, Military, and federal jurisdictions.
Stalking
This compilation includes a list of statutes on stalking, related offenses and stalking elements for all 50 states and territories.
Spousal Immunity and Marital Privilege
This compilation focuses on criminal statutes on spousal immunity and privilege across the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, Military and federal jurisdictions. This resource also looks at those statutes that recognize an exception to spousal immunity and privilege in crimes of intimate partner and domestic violence.
Sexual Abuse in Confinement
This resource comprises a variety of cases from each state and also federal jurisdictions that involve criminal or administrative proceedings in which sexual abuse in confinement is a factor. These types of cases include: criminal cases in which some form of sexual abuse in confinement was charged or was raised as a defense; administrative disciplinary proceedings against inmates or staff involving allegations of sexual abuse in confinement; criminal cases in which evidence of the defendant’s prior acts of sexual abuse in confinement were presented for purposes of sentencing; appeals of post-sentence civil commitment proceedings in which evidence included acts of sexual abuse committed while in confinement; and civil cases presenting issues as to the investigation and response to reports of sexual abuse in confinement. This digest also includes case law from each state and federal jurisdiction.
Reporting Requirement for Competent Adult Victims of Sexual Violence
This resource outlines each state and territory’s requirements for reporting in sexual violence cases as well as who is responsible and held accountable for the act of reporting.
Rape and Sexual Assault
This compilation includes a comprehensive look at sexual assault laws in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, Military, and federal jurisdictions. The coverage ranges from crimes of rape and sexual assault, abuse, misconduct, or battery to marital rape and intimate partner sexual assault. Several charts are included analyzing issues inherent to rape and sexual assault cases that may arise throughout the course of a prosecution.
Promotion of Prostitution
This resource is a chart that outlines the treatment and definitions of pimping and pandering and other crimes related to the promotion of prostitution in the U.S.
