Breger, Melissa

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Breger, Melissa

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Published Works by Melissa Breger

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English

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Corporal Punishment, Social Norms and Norm Cascades: Examining Cross-National Laws and Trends in Homes Across the Globe
For centuries, parents across the globe have utilized corporal punishment against children in the name of discipline. This Article is the first legal article to examine cross-national trends in child corporal punishment laws and to propose ideas for…

Making the Invisible Visible: Exploring Implicit Bias, Judicial Diversity, and the Bench Trial
All people harbor implicit biases—which by definition, are not always consciously recognized. Although trial judges are specifically trained to compartmentalize and shield their decisions from their own biases, implicit biases nonetheless seep into…

Healing Sex-Trafficked Children: A Domestic Family Law Approach to an International Epidemic
Children who have been trafficked into and within the United States for commercial sexual exploitation endure significant psychological and physical trauma. Because there is a salient nexus between the inherent violence of trafficking and that of…
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