Date Rape and Slut Shaming Legally, rape is defined as “a criminal offense defined in most states as forcible sexual relations with a person against that person's will”. (Legal-Dictionary). In no other criminal case is the victim blamed for the act of the offender, other than rape. No man is ever blamed for being murdered because his skirt was too short, or his top was too low, only in the case of rape is the victim ever “asking for it”. Society deems it acceptable to openly shame promiscuous women, or even a woman who dresses in revealing clothing, if a woman provides any type of sexual image for herself, she’s asking for it, and any time where she is physically taken advantage of is dismissed as a slut being a slut.
It is a common place to attach labels to criminals in an attempt to explain and better understand their behaviour through describing them as possessing a certain characteristic trait. There is a varied finding on who exactly commits child sexual abuse, but the most common finding that is present in the majority of child abuse cases is that sexual offenders are predominantly family members or are closely regarded or known by the child. People who sexually abuse suffer from emotional immaturity, low self-esteem, an inability to see harm in their actions and lack the knowledge to control their impulses. Often
Domestic violence occurs in men and women of any race, ethnicity, or religion, whether they are gay or straight, rich or poor, teen, adult, or elderly. Most domestic abused victims are women being abused by men (Women’s Aid 2012). In attempt to prevent further abuse, victims can obtain a protection order and/or a restraining order. Protection orders and restraining orders differ across states but are both used to protect victims in different ways. Civil Protection Orders (CPO) are usually used to protect victims of domestic violence.
Felandrias Sedale Wright Professor Downs Correctional Counseling 1 December 2008 Sex Offender Registration, Notification, & Civil Commitment Statutes: Due Process vs Community Safety Whenever I have heard the term sex offender, I always pictured an adult who has had sexual intercourse with a minor child. As I began my research for this paper, I was informed that a sex offender is a person who has been criminally charged and convicted of, or has pled guilty to, or pled Nolo contendere to a sex crime. A sex crime can but does not always include sexual intercourse. In fact, crimes that are classified as sex crimes include: child sexual abuse, downloading pornographic material of persons under the age of 18, (child pornography), rape, statutory rape and even non-sexual offenses such as kidnapping. The term sexual offender is a broad term, with sexual predator being used to describe a more severe physical or repeat sexual offense.
Hunter describes sexual abuse as “any sexual act that an adult does to a child” (Hunter, 1990, p. 3). Sexual abuse can be received in one of two ways according to Hunter; overt and covert. While overt sexual abuse is painfully obvious, covert abuse can sometimes be received without the child even being aware that sexual abuse
1. The repressed memory concept is also known as false memory syndrome. False memory syndrome is caused by memories of a traumatic experience most often they are associated with memories of childhood sexual abuse. Many of these types of memories are objectively false, but in which the person believes the memories are true. Because sexual abuse is such a disturbing incident, false accusations of sexual abuse have huge, if not shocking, consequences for families.
ex offenders Sex Offenders and the Prison Program Christy Parmentier East Central College Intro to Corrections Hopefully when you are done reading this you will understand sex offenders and the mandated treatment they receive in prison. A sex offender is a person who has committed a sex crime. Most convicted offenders have convictions of a crime with a sexual nature (e.g. sexual assault, statutory rape, child sex abuse, rape, etc...), while some others have violated a law in a sexual category (e.g. sexting, corruption of a minor, etc.)
Prostitution raises many ethical issues from it being immoral because it tends to involve coercion, prostitution can be exploitive, it is degrading and involves violence/HIV. However, on the other side of the board, many people feel prostitution is an American freedom, a victimless crime and should be legal. One reason given as to why prostitution is immoral is that it tends to involve coercion. In most cases, people do not freely decide to become prostitutes. Sometimes, they are driven to the profession by desperation and a lack of other employment opportunities.
In the title of this paper, it is conjectured that victims of sexual assault are usually the prime witnesses in prosecution proceedings for these types of crime. The reason for this is that most sexual assaults are perpetrated in private by someone already known to the victim. What is more, often there is no forensic evidence available and so victims of sexual assault are not only the prime witnesses in prosecution proceedings for these types of crime but, often, the only evidence that a crime has taken place at all . This can place real burden on sexual assault victims during the trial stage of the prosecution. For one thing, the victim must relive the traumatic events in question, by explaining them to the court, jury and defence barrister.
Forcible rape is listed as a violent crime and categorized among Part 1 offenses due to its violent nature and seriousness. Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded (FBI.gov). Due to the seriousness of the crime, there are many myths and misconceptions that have been present in our society, some of which have been cultivated and passed along generations and others are created due to exaggeration by the media and the ‘tough on crime’ approach by the politicians. In this paper, I shall take into account ten years (2002-12) of data on forcible rape and analyze and explain the myths and realities of violent crimes with a focus on forcible rape.