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RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Rape and sexual assault laws are complex and evolving. Rape originated as a crime against property, not a crime against a person. As such, the crime related to patriarchal inheritance rights and a female’s reproductive capacity and therefore was limited to a crime against unmarried virgins and included only forcible penile/vaginal penetration. These laws have evolved but retain vestiges of their archaic origins. The result is inconsistency and variability in sex crime terminology and elements from state to state as well as anomalies. It is now well-established in the laws of all states that the sexual penetration of men and married women is a serious sex crime. It has also been recognized that penetration of orifices other than the vagina constitutes a serious sex crime. Issues of force and consent continue to change but clear trends in the evolution of the law are identifiable.
Rape and Sexual Assault in the Legal System - Women's Law Project
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RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. Presented to the National Research Council of the National Academies. Panel on Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in the. Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys. Committee on National Statistics. June 5, 2012. By. Carol E. Tracy, Terry L. Fromson
Rape and sexual assault laws are complex and evolving. Rape originated as a crime against property, not a crime against a person. As such, the crime related to patriarchal inheritance rights and a female’s reproductive capacity and therefore was limited to a crime against unmarried virgins and included only forcible penile/vaginal penetration. These laws have evolved but retain vestiges of their archaic origins. The result is inconsistency and variability in sex crime terminology and elements from state to state as well as anomalies. It is now well-established in the laws of all states that the sexual penetration of men and married women is a serious sex crime. It has also been recognized that penetration of orifices other than the vagina constitutes a serious sex crime. Issues of force and consent continue to change but clear trends in the evolution of the law are identifiable.
Rape and Sexual Assault in the Legal System - Women's Law Project
http://www.womenslawproject.org/wp-...-Sexual-Assault-in-the-Legal-System-FINAL.pdf - - Cached - Similar pages
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. Presented to the National Research Council of the National Academies. Panel on Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in the. Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys. Committee on National Statistics. June 5, 2012. By. Carol E. Tracy, Terry L. Fromson