Power Point on Rape

Human Services

November 21, 2011

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Interpersonal violence affects individuals, families and communities worldwide. Interpersonal violence includes rape whether by a family or known member usually inside the home, or within a community, which is called community violence. More than 1.6 million people lose their lives due to interpersonal or community violence.

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Zoucha, R. (2006)

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Conoyer - Bronson, J. (2006) state:

The term rape has different meanings for different segments of the population. For example, within the field of psychology, the terms rape and sexual assault are often used interchangeably and encompass a range of nonconsensual acts from touching the breasts, buttocks, or genitals, to forced penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth, by a penis or an object. In this case, force can involve verbal coercion, threats, physical restraint, or violence. Although laws vary by state, the generally accepted legal definition of rape is an act of sexual intercourse carried out by force or coercion, or when the victim is unable to give consent.

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One in six women will be sexually assaulted over her lifetime. This indicates the United States has the overall highest rape incidence of all industrialized nations according to The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006’s U.S. national Crime Victimization Survey. Tjaen & Thoennes, (1998) state around 7.75 million women in the United States have been raped by intimate or formerly intimate partners, same or opposite sex, dates and boyfriends according to population based National Violence Against Women Survey Rape and violence are under reported.

Although all forms of rape are not...