Understanding Rape: Definitions, Myths, Types, and Statistics, Quizzes of Criminology

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how man men and women get

raped

1 in 6 females, 1 in 33 males

TERM 2

rape myths

DEFINITION 2

prejudicial beliefs about rape taht serve to justify violence

against women by assuming that women are themselves

responsible for becoming victims of rape

TERM 3

rape law reform

DEFINITION 3

1. redefine rape, change consent standard, eliminate the

requirement the victims testimony be corroborated, restrict

introduction of evidence of victims prior sexual history

TERM 4

types of rape

DEFINITION 4

acquantance, marital, prision

TERM 5

Marital rape

DEFINITION 5

14% of women who had ever been married reported at least

one attempted or completed rape by their husband

prison rape

lack of precise data 21%

TERM 7

brownmiller

DEFINITION 7

rape is about power

TERM 8

rape as a war

crime

DEFINITION 8

a way to assert dominance over invaded country, an offense

against men of the country invaded, a way to commit

genocide, sex trafficking

TERM 9

robbery

DEFINITION 9

the taking or attempting to take anything of value by force or

threat of force or violence and or by putting the victim in fear

TERM 10

who commits rape

DEFINITION 10

people under the age of 25 rates highest in the south

patterning of robbery

men comprised 88% of robbery arrests , african american

comprised 55.5%