Statutory rape

“6 million kids in the country live with a parent who abuses drugs or alcohol (“Prevent”).” Kids need their parents at all time through their lives, but when a parent uses drugs it is like they are not there or they make everything ten times harder than what it needs to be. Everything gets turned around and the drugs lead to chaos, the chaos leads to responsibilities, and the responsibilities lead to emotions. Every now and then parents will fight, but they are still there for their children.…

People should be taught not to rape rather than not to be raped. Often times, people will often deny that they have raped someone, using the excuse that, “they wanted it,” or, “they asked for it.” The dictionary definition of rape is, “unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.” Along with this, people will confuse…

Rape: A Special Case Crime Sex crimes are more common than many other crimes and are one of the most underreported crimes in today’s society. In most cases the victim and offender know each other but there are a significant amount of victims that do not know their attacker. Each year, rape kits across the country are stored on shelves and are left to collect dust. It is said that ninety-seven percent of rapist will never see jail time. How a forensic technician collects, packages and analyzes…

attempted rape or a completed rape (“Get The Facts”). It is the most intimate crime and also a crime that has left a huge effect on how we look at women and men today. Rape is one of the most most damaging crimes done to people. It is an invasion of a person and can leave that victim permanently damaged. One of the major problems of rape is that society blames the women for getting raped when it is not their fault all. Also, the government does not do enough to prevent it. When a man rapes a…

come out of the dark and into the light and publicly speak about her events. Just like in the rape of Lucy Lurie, the protagonist’s daughter, due to the robbery of her home she could not fully keep quiet about the rape. She too felt disgraced and humiliated because she was used not only as a punch bag, but a scapegoat for the sins committed by whites on blacks. Melanie was practically raped and many rape victims do not want to be on public display for everyone to see. Melanie’s fate was subject…

their victims, primarily if the initial target is a child related to the offender. While it does not seem to be the definite reason, it seems logical to speculate that offenders will begin with a lost risk victim, such as a family member. In cases of rape, it is in the best interests of the rapist to offender someone known to them, primarily a family member as the risk of discovery is relatively low (Vaughan, 124). There is a similar situation as in many cases family members are not aware of the…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD as it is commonly referred to, is an anxiety disorder that develops following the experience or the witnessing of a traumatic life-threatening event. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, “the defining characteristic of a traumatic event is, it’s capacity to provoke fear, helplessness, or horror in response to the threat of injury or death.” (Yehuda, 2002) This event could be living through military combat in wartime, surviving a natural…

Introduction Marital rape is a common and serious social issue, which, according to Martin, et al. (2007), occurs in 10% to 14% of all married American women. Juris scholars and the criminal justice system have paid relatively minimal attention to marital rape in the USA although this kind of violence against women is prevalent in America (Bergen, 2006). The marital rape exemption had been legally acceptable in the United States for a long time; it was at least until the 1970s when anti-rape…

and human worth which is supported by their deep rooted southern philosophy prevented Celia’s truths to prevail and keep her alive. The question to ask is, “Is justice blind?” Celia’s crime provoked by the five years prior when Master Robert Newsom rapes and has continuous sexual acts on Celia as a child.…

either persuaded or physically forced to engage in the act against their will, or any form of sexual touching without the individual 's consent. This particular form of assault is legally recognised as being a part of sexual violence and it consists of rape (all forms), forced kissing, groping, child sexual abuse or any other form of harsh treatment of an individual in a sexual manner. Domestic violence is also another prominent issue within our society. In reference to Reach Out .com, it is…