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Start by believing : Larry Nassar's crimes, the institutions that enabled him, and the brave women who stopped a monster
\"From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Preemption and the Problem of the Predatory Expert
What kind of reasons for belief are provided by the testimony of experts? In a world where we are often inundated with fake news, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, this question is more pressing than ever. A prominent view in the philosophical literature maintains that the reasons provided by experts are preemptive in that they normatively screen off, or defeat, other relevant reasons. In this paper, I raise problems for this conception of expertise, including a wholly new one that I call the Problem of the Predatory Expert, which targets both original versions of preemption as well as new, modified ones that aim to avoid some of the standard objections.
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Routine Activities Theory as a Formula for Systematic Sexual Abuse: A Content Analysis of Survivors’ Testimony Against Larry Nassar
Larry Nassar, a once world renowned Olympic doctor, was arrested and charged with child abuse and child pornography in 2016, becoming one of the most prolific abusers in history. The current paper examines Nassar’s abuse through the lens of Routine Activities Theory. Drawing from the complete transcripts of 172 victim impact statements read at his trial, a formula for Nassar’s systematic abuse was developed. This content analysis illustrates the perceived depths of his motivation, the suitability of his targets, and egregious lack of capable guardians for these victims. Recommendations for additional training to recognize and report abuse, harsher penalties for those who do not report, a shift in the athletic culture of silence, and progress towards a society where victims are believed are presented within.
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“What to Do with the Dangerous Few?”: Abolition-Feminism, Monstrosity and the Reimagination of Sexual Harm in Miguel Piñero’s “Short Eyes”
The problem of child sexual abuse (CSA) is a crucial point of entry into abolition-feminist conversations about justice and punishment, healing and repair. The popular belief that the “child sex offender” is uniquely irredeemable, eternally depraved and dangerous can trouble abolition-feminist efforts to address the devastating harm of CSA without reproducing the violence of prison and punishment. It also forces us to return to the question of “what to do with the dangerous few?” A familiar “tough on crime” refrain, this question mystifies the social, economic, and political conditions that nurture interpersonal violence. It also illustrates how centering our attention on “the monster in our midst” feeds an attachment to the mistaken belief that sexual harm is locatable in individual, bad people; that it is fixable by criminal law, and, in short, that justice and repair can be measured by the number of years one is sentenced to live behind bars. Miguel Piñero’s 1972 play “Short Eyes” exposes the failure of our attempts to incarcerate our way out of child sexual abuse and opens a literary-artistic space in which to explore the roots of violence and the abuse of power. The play dramatizes the particular ways in which the incarceration of those deemed the worst of the worst does not alleviate suffering or promote safety; rather, it prevents us from getting to the root of even the most horrific forms of abuse and from fully engaging, confronting and, finally, interrupting the daily, quotidian acts of sexual violence that are hiding in plain sight.
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FBI E-mails From 2019 Refer To Epstein's \10 Co-Conspirators\; DOJ Says Purported Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Is \Fake\; Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Is Interviewed About U.S. Hits Alleged Drug Vessel In Pacific, Killing One Person; Safety Concerns Weigh On The Future Of Package Shipping. Aired 5-6p ET
The Justice Department dropped more files overnight related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump's name has appeared and here's a series of emails showing correspondence between Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted accomplice, and a person with the alias \"A\" that appears to be connected to the British royal family. A handwritten letter signed by J Epstein appears to make crude references to Trump in a short 2019 message from jail addressed to convicted sex offender and longtime USA gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, the letter does not explicitly name Trump, but instead says, quote, \"Our president also shares our love of young nubile girls.\" The U.S. military conducted a strike against a \"low-profile vessel\" allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing one person, according to U.S. Southern Command. As startups and major corporations, including Amazon and Walmart, put autonomous drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, to the test, aiming to show the world that drone delivery is a safe and efficient alternative. GUESTS: Julie K. Brown, Jack Scarola, Jake Auchincloss, Rachael Bade, Dan Turrentine, Sean Spicer
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