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040 _aAFVC
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_aMcGovern, Danica C.Y.
245 _aConsensual sexual activity before a sexual violation is not mitigating
_cDanica McGovern
260 _bVictoria University of Wellington,
_c2023
500 _aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2023, 53(4), 611–638
520 _aThe Court of Appeal has signalled its intention to review its guideline judgment for sexual violation sentencing, R v AM, which includes guidance on when sentencing judges should treat prior consensual sex as mitigating. The argument this article makes is that the new guideline judgment should remove prior consensual sex as a mitigating factor for two reasons. The first is that treating consensual sexual activity before a sexual violation as mitigating embeds an outdated idea of what constitutes a "real rape" and fails to recognise and uphold sexual autonomy. The second reason for removing the mitigating factor is that it is incorrect as a matter of sentencing methodology to treat prior consensual sex as mitigating in its own right. (Author's abstract). Record #8181
650 _aCONSENT
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650 _aCOURT OF APPEAL
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650 _aCRIMINAL JUSTICE
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650 _aGUIDELINES
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650 _aRAPE
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650 _aSENTENCING
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650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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773 0 _tVictoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2023, 53(4), 611–638
830 _aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v53i4.8092
_zDOI: 10.26686/vuwlr.v53i4.8092 (Open access)
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