Assault

How the Criminal Justice Systems Handle Rape & Sexual Assault Rape is the unlawful sexual activity carried out forcibly or under threat. Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact that occurs without the consent of the recipient. Every two (2) minutes, an American is sexually assaulted. There are about 288, 820 victims that are ages 12 and up that are victims of sexual assault and/or rape in the United States every year. (RAINN). According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest Network, aka RAINN, the…

sexual assaults are growing at an alarming rate, the changeover is even more distressing. College theoretically is a place to explore passions, and interests in a safe learning environment, but now it has become a landscape filled with fear of sexual assault. According to U.S department of justice one in five college attending women will be victims of campus sexual assault. Although the statistics are stark and startling, certain administrators and media outlets argue that campus assaults are…

Power and Coercion chapter 17 discussed various topics that tied with rape and sexual assault, from knowing how to cope to confronting a person that has offended you or someone else. Chapter 17 provided the theories and, concepts behind rape and sexual assault. There are five basic theories to the reason why rape and sexual assault occurs around the world, rapist psychopathology, victim participation, feminist, Evolutionary and sociological theories. Beginning with the first theory rapist…

Gulaab Gang based on a true story, and the film begins with a small girl, Rajjo, being beaten and verbally abused by her stepmother. Her father, helpless to the abuse, stays silent as her stepmother tries to convince her to stop trying to educate Rajjo. Little did her stepmother know, Rajjo was headstrong on getting her education, which allowed her to become the woman she was in the movie, years later. Rajjo opens up an ashram, which is a sort of sanctuary for abused women, called Gulaab Gang.…

occurred at the age of 6 where three men were in their home, each wanting to exchange money in return for sexual favors from his mother Ms. Patterson. After the denial of services, the three men attacked Ronnie’s mother and proceeded to sexually assault her while Mr. Wilson witnessed. Fearing for his mother’s safety, Ronnie attempted to come to her rescue but was subdued and sexually assaulted by one of the three men in the room. Following the incident, Ronnie would began to exhibit explicit…

subjects to a lot of oppression. An extreme example would be rape. There have been more sexual assaults on campus recently and, to my knowledge, there are a few which are not being reported. When the females do speak up, they are told not to report the sexual assault because there isn’t enough proof and it would be a waste of time. Basically, what I get out of this excuse is that them reporting sexual assault is…

Although all incoming University of Connecticut students undergo sexual education, in the summer of 2010, a young woman was raped in her campus residence hall. She reported the rape to the university when the fall semester began, and by October, the university had expelled him and found him responsible (Kingkade). However, two weeks after his expulsion, he approached the young woman in a campus dining hall and informed her that his expulsion was over. The young woman made a complaint to the…

States. After I read an article title “Campus Sexual Assault: How America’s Institutions of Higher Education Respond”, I agreed when it says that sexual violence acts are more common than you might think among colleges. Another known fact is that the victim often knows the perpetrator who commits these sexual acts against them. Yet, the victim does not report most of these sexual acts to the proper authorities, as they might not know what a sexual assault or rape is themselves (Karjane, Fisher…

person claiming to have seen or experienced anything relating to their respective case. The chosen scope for this discussion is cases of sexual assault because very often in such cases the only evidence presented is a testimony, either by the victim or a witness. Aside from the aforementioned, DNA evidence has been used very frequently in sexual assault cases, however, the only fact that DNA evidence can prove is that some sort of sexual activity took place. In cases where the act itself is not…

Rape in the Fields, a 2013 PBS documentary, showcases the epidemic of sexual assault in America 's fields and farms. The sexual assault is primarily committed on undocumented women by their superiors and has gone, for the most part, unchallenged by the American government. Undocumented workers in all areas of America are vulnerable to exploitation. There are only a few jobs available to them and, with the lack of available resources and support, employers have no incentive to provide humane…