When comparing the difference between stranger and acquaintance rape perpetrator, the method that the first study used was situations between two different rape scenarios as the independent variable in the negative situations on how there are two stories that go along with stranger rape and acquaintance rape. In the second study, the participants were approached and asked whether they could complete a questionnaire on the certain situations. Then as they did, the purpose was to find out what is the difference between stranger rape and acquaintance rape. The participants would indicate the amount of years they feel that the perpetrators should get if he or she was guilty for the offense that was caused in the certain situations. …show more content…
To be able to talk about underreporting rave, firsthand you have to actually understand what it is like to report a rape. The victim is going to have a very different resource and that is the information about the crime. The decision to report is a very tough decision and you have to have a lot of incentive to tell others, especially the police about the crime. There are lots of aftermaths that come with reporting a crime, such as a rape, especially when it is a rape that is a non-stranger rape. A rape victim is going to have to make the decision on whether or not they want to report the crime and while doing this they have to weigh all of the problems that can come with actually reporting this crime. The survey was spread out along 70,000 households in the US. The data was collected over 10-year basis. There were over 1000 rape victims. Only about 51% reported the crime to police. There are tons of different variables that go along with every rape crime. Four instance, there are marital rapes, acquaintance rapes, and stranger rapes. In the results when it came down to the decision to report a rape, male victims were significantly less likely to report it then females would report a rape crime. There is also a decline of reporting when it came to married victims. But, when another variable such as monetary loss was associated with the crime it …show more content…
They predicted that the students would have a lack of knowledge when it came to the actual topic of rape and how it affects so many people. It also was to examine the understanding of rape laws and how that can change behaviors in students and young adults. When talking about the methodology of the studies, they did a pre-test, intervention, in a post-test. They only concerned the information of the law that relates to rape. In the first study, it involved students between the ages of 15 and 16 years old that were local students in London. It was about 70 to 30 percent women to men. They gave each student 25 questions that all related to the rape laws. Certain questions were about whether it was true or false in terms of legal or illegal acts of both parties. They randomized the answers throughout the study show that there was no correlation for the students to pick up on. The second study had two groups of students that were from a University and they were all first-year law degree students. It was almost to 30% male and 70% women. They did not have any rape law interventions before they did this study. They gave the students a questionnaire to answer privately what they thought were the right answers. Then afterwards, they were given an explanation of the answers. This second group was criminal law students who were also in a
Rape is a virus that infects every nation, culture and society. It is constantly referred to as “the unfinished murder”, because of the deep state of despair the rapist leaves the victim in. There is no common identifiable trend that determines who will be a rape victim. Women are not assaulted because of their attitudes or actions, they are attacked simply because they are present. With rapists, just as with their victims, there is no identifiable trend. The old myth that only “sick, dirty, old, perverted men” commit rapes is a lie that society tells itself in order to sleep better at night. The startling truth is that most rapists work under a veil of normalcy. In order for the percentage of rapes to decrease, we have to change our ideas about rape and let go of the old myths of the past. And until this happens, rape will continue to plague our world at large.
Rubenzahl, Samuel A. “The Prevalence and Characteristics of Male Perpetrators of Acquaintance Rape New Research Methodology Reveals New Findings.” Violence Against Women 4 (1998): 713-726.
Sexual assault is defined as any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and In the United States 80% of sexual assault victims are under the age of 30. Of that 80%, 44% are under the age of 18 (RAINN, 2016). That leaves 36% of victims between the ages of 18 and 30. These percentages become even more alarming when that 80% is of about 293,000 victims of secual assualt each year (RAINN, 2016). It is estimated that 1 in every 6 women in the US has been or will be victims of sexual assault in their lifetime. The risks of sexual assault increase on college campuses. Women ages 18-24 who are enrolled in college are 3 times more likely than women in general to suffer from sexual violence (RAINN, 2016). One would think that with all these women being sexually assaulted, one would hear more about it, or perhaps the police stations would constantly be busy. This is not the case. Sexual assault is one of the most unreported crimes, with 68% still being left unreported (RAINN, 2016). This could be because of every 100 rapists, only 2 will spend a day in jail. Of the 32 out of 100 that would be reported, only 7 are referred to an arrest (RAINN, 2016). Why would men or women want to report sexual assault when the system that is supposed to protect them fails so often, and why does this system continue to fail?
The statistics clearly show a group of people who’re affected by the heinous acts of sexual assault. Everyone knows that sexual assault isn’t a topic that’s on the top of the list to talk about; people usually even try to go as far as to hide it or to cover it up. Though, it’s clear for certain; covering something up doesn’t make it alright – It won’t make it go away and the problem is still there. For that exact fact, it is the very reason that sexual assault is something that needs to be brought to the
While it is popularly associated that rape involves a kidnapping of some type by a criminal that the victim has never come in contact with before, this belief has been disproved over the years by the number of cases of acquainted rape, also known as date rape. Date rape is forced or coerced sex between partners, dates, friends, friends of friends, or general acquaintances, often with the illegal use of drugs to alter the state of mind of the victim. Recent statistics show that the most common form of rape is date rape, which comprises 78 percent of all rapes. Rape itself is a very common occurrence, with one in four girls falling victim to an attempt before they are 25 and three out of five of these rapes occurring before the victim has reached eighteen. Not to be forgotten, men as well can be and have been sexually taken advantage of without their consent, either by other men or, in limited cases, women.
To help understand what happens to victims and how they feel; here are the results of a survey done in 1985 and 1993. It was found that 73% of rape victims say that they were not raped. There is a lot of self-blame involved in rape. Many victims blame themselves for what happened to them. One out of 4 women have been rape victims and 84% knew their attacker. While 42% did not tell anyone of the account of rape that happened to them, only 5% of the victims actually take the incidence to the police or some kind of administration. Informing the police is very important.
College campuses are one of the most popular scenes for crimes of rape to occur. A disturbing statistic resea...
It is not a topic that is brought up often, especially at schools or at gatherings, yet it is crucial that everyone be educated, or at least informed on a topic that affects women every day. “Given that sexual violence continues to occur at high rates in the United States, it is vital that we understand attitudes and cultural norms that serve to minimize or foster tolerance of sexual violence” (Aosved, 481). Growing rates of sexual violence goes to prove that it is not taken seriously by many, especially when myths excuse the actions of the perpetrator and instead guilt victims into thinking they are responsible for the horrible act. Burt (1980), in her article titled, “Cultural myths and support for rape” attempts to make sense of the importance of stereotypes and myths, defined as prejudicial, stereotypes, or false beliefs about rape, rape victims and rapists- in creating a climate hostile to rape victims (Burt, 217). Examples of rape myths are such sayings as “only bad girls get raped”; “women ask for it”; “women cry rape” (Burt, 217). This only goes to prove that rape myths against women always blame and make it seem like it is the women’s fault she was raped and that she deserved it for “acting” a certain way. McMahon (2007), in her article titled, “Understanding community-specific rape myths” explains how Lonsway and Fitzgerald (1994) later described rape myths as “attitudes and beliefs that are generally
These are alarming statistics, especially since we know that rape is widely underreported, suggesting the percentages of rape might be even higher. College students drink more alcohol than the normal public (as cited in Gunby, Carline, Beynon, 2012, p. 88). This is troubling for women because alcohol is known to increase the risk of victimization. In most alcohol-involved rape situations, women voluntarily drank large amounts of alcohol before being raped. It is more common for college women to be raped after being incapacitated by alcohol than it is for them to be raped by force (as cited in Messman-Moore, Ward, DeNard, 2013, p. 50).
... with, go to school with, or live by. These groups are being expanded to include communities who never in fact meet each other face to face. The key part of Sutherland’s theory is that a person violates the law when they believe there are more favorable consequences to their actions than unfavorable ones (Siegel 2011). One of these favorable consequences could be committing the crime because you, as an offender, know you can get away with it. Those who are victimized by acquaintance rape often do not report it (Woods and Porter 2008). Sometimes, the reported percentage of acquaintance rape can be as low as 18% (Woods and Porter 2008). After the possible offender factors in the possibility of not getting caught even when the rape is reported, the “odds” could be considered in the perpetrator’s favor. This makes the violation of law more favorable than unfavorable.
The question this essay addresses is the difficulty, in convicting rapists and understanding why the conviction level for rape is so low. Proving a rape happened is easier said than done, there are many factors that are critical to contributing to a conviction. Why is the conviction level for rape as low as 6.5%? To comprehend the underlying levels of conviction there are unfortunate factors from the police, the criminal justice system, the probability of evidence and issue of consent that make convictions immensely difficult to prove. This essay will investigate those measures showing the contrasts of rape and why it is tricky to prove rape occurred without consent, without any corroborative evidence, attitudes of police towards rape victims, the victims withdrawing their report due to personal circumstances and the handling of victims in court, that lead to many offenders having an non-custodial sentence or being acquitted of a rape charge.
Rape and sexual violence is a very serious problem that affects millions of people each year. Rape is someone taking advantage of another person sexually. Sexual assault can be verbal, physical, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact or attention. ("Sexual Assault.") Rape is one of the most underreported crimes. In 2002, only thirty-nine percent of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to law officials. ("Sexual Violence: Fact Sheet.") Victims sometimes do not report that they have raped because of shame or feeling that it was their fault. It is never the victim's fault. "Victim blaming" is holding the victim of a crime to be in a whole or in partly responsible for what had happened to them. Most victims believe this. ("Myths and Facts about Sexual Violence.")
It’s 3:20 am. on a Friday morning, and pitch black out. The only things visible are the tree branches and pavement shining from yellow streetlights that carve out a path from the parking lot to the back door of my building. Living on campus at Towson I should’ve owned mace, but I clutched my car key instead, pointed outward ready to stab the eye of anyone deciding to come out of the dark after me. The brisk walk up the hill seems to take half an hour. Finally under the bright lights of the overhang I swipe my card quickly to get inside. The door bolt locks behind me with a loud click. I’m safe.
However, it can also be assumed that a large percentage of rape victims also never seek professional help or counseling when it comes to dealing with the effects of sexual assault. The statistic also makes a logical appeal due to the fact that it uses information that came from a study from the U.S. Department of Justice to let the audience understand that this is an issue that isn’t unique to them, but many other individuals all over the country. The citation of the statistic at the bottom left corner of the ad adds an ethical appeal because the audience would readily believe the statistic because it came from a credible source that specializes in issues such as dealing with sexual assault. Moreover, if the argument of the piece wasn’t clear enough to the viewer, a caption is located under the face of the young woman to ensure that the argument is explicit and does not leave the intended message misunderstood. This also makes a logical appeal because it adds detail to an argument that could potentially be misconstrued. Thus, it is important that the two issues of breaking their silence and seeking professional help are apparent to the victim, which this ad
In today’s society marital rape, acquaintance rape, and stranger rape, is a huge crime all around the world. There is a difference between marital rape, acquaintance rape, and stranger rape. Martial rape is when a spouse forces you to have sexual intercourse without ones consent, and it is expected that the wife does her “duty” as a wife to have sex with her husband. An acquaintance rape is with someone that you just met, or dated in the past, or even a fiancé. Stranger rape occurs when someone that you’ve never met forces sexual intercourse upon someone without consent. Because of our patriarchal society, marital rape has become an accepted and overlooked part of society. Whether rape is a crime of sex, sexism or dominance, it is a serious crime and must not be taken lightly. The effects that it has on the individual getting assaulted are not only physical, but mentally damaging.