PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: National Crime Victimization Survey, Statutory Rape, Marital Rape
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Adult sex offenders are more likely to be convicted for nonsexual offenses than they are for sexual offenses. All states prohibit sex w a minor, but the age of consent varies by state: most set the limit at 16 or 18, an age span must exist btn the two indivs (typically 2-4yrs) Critics of statutory rape laws suggest that they are outmoded and unenforceable. Much of it goes unreported rape by fraud and marital rape are both counted as rape in the srs of the ucr. Date rape: sexual assault that occurs within the context of a dating r/s. Acquaintance rape: sexual assaults where the victim know the assailant relative, neighbor, friend, classmate: 1/3 are commited by an intimate parter, many campuses don(cid:495)t sufficiently confront the problem of sexual. 8/10 rape and sexual victimizations of female students go unreported. Most common belief is that the assault was a personal matter or they feared repraisal: also self-blame.
