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U.S. Expands The Definition Of The Term Rape

U.S. Expands The Definition Of The Term Rape - United States, Friday (6/1/2012), expanding the definition of the term rape by including attacks on men and victims sedated with drugs or alcohol. In a statement, the Justice Department said, revising it will increase the accuracy of the numbers of rape as given in the standard Uniform Crime Report, the Federal Bureau of investigation.

Since 1927, Act of rape has been defined as ' (the victim) women, by force and without consent '% u2014sebuah the views according to Susan Carbon, Director of the Office of Nonviolence towards women, as ' outdated and narrow '. In the blog in the Department of Justice (blogs.usdoj.gov), Carbon said that ' for the first time, the new definition includes every gender victims and perpetrators, not just women who were raped by men. '

' It also acknowledges that permerkosaan with goods can lead to trauma are the same, ' he said. ' The definition also includes cases where the victim is unable to give consent due to mental or physical disabilities either temporarily or permanently. ' The latest Data from the Uniform Crime Report, based on input from the police services throughout the United States, put the number of rape in 2009 as much as 2.6 per cent from 88.097 down the previous year.

A possible new definition of Carbon admitted will result in an increase in the number of cases of rape were reported. ' Does not mean that the rape had been increased, ' he said, ' but only that it was more accurately reported. ' Change the definition of it will not impact on the federal or state law, or change the way the case of rape is dealt with in the State, federal, or local level, he said.

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