CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sexual Assault, Sexual Penetration, Global Slavery Index

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Criminology and Justice Studies
• Course: CRIM 12000
• Professor: Allen Lowery

Document Summary

Sexual assault (traditional definition) the unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman by force without consent. Unlawful carnal knowledge: no spousal exemption, spousal exemption only if living apart under or pursuant to a court order of divorce, blanket spousal exemption. The slightest sexual penetration of intimate parts is sufficient to constitute a crime. Most states have scaled out sexual assault along a gradient from, for example, level 7 (un-consented kissing) up to step 1 (un-consented and forced sexual intercourse). Done generally in response to homosexual scenarios. Few cases are reported to the police. Officially there are roughly 125,000 cases reported each year, but the actual number is likely closer to 3 million, maybe 4 million. The fact that so few are reported, this silent tolerance of rape in america, is a disgusting cultural defect. Perhaps as many as 20% of the rape convictions involve some alleged level of victim precipitation. Around 5% of cases reported to the police are total fabrications.