No Means No and More Elementary Grammar: Moving Towards a More Codified Approach to Sexual Harassment Law

Because of social developments like the #MeToo movement, problems with gender issues in the law have moved to the forefront of legal discussions.This article uses state and federal codes, statutes, and case precedent to examine contemporary sexual harassment law. We identify issues surrounding investigating and prosecuting credible sexual harassment allegations. We examine the issues surrounding the sentencing of those convicted of sexual harassment. Finally, we argue that the decision to enact mandatory minimum sentences as a deterrent for future sex crimes is misguided and counterproductive, and we propose a more codified and nuanced approach to sentencing. This will provide more specific punishments that are more beneficial to the defendant and plaintiff and bring a greater feeling of justice to all those involved

Specifying enough light to feel reassured on pedestrian footpaths

This article discusses lighting for pedestrians and how investigation of reassurance might lead toward an understanding of the right amount of light. A conventional approach is to evaluate reassurance after dark under road lighting of different illuminance: this tends to show the trivial result that higher illuminances enhance reassurance, and that alone does not enable an optimum light level to be identified. One reason is that the category rating procedure widely used is prone to stimulus range bias; experimental results are presented that demonstrate stimulus range bias in reassurance evaluations. This article also recommends alternative methods for future research. One such method is the day–dark rating approach, which does not tend toward ever higher illuminances, and results are presented of two studies using this method