The US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women released an updated
and more inclusive definition of rape in 2012. That definition, “The penetration,
no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral
penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim,”
is inclusive of all genders and recognizes that victims are sometimes unable to give
consent due to temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity [
[1]
]. Recently, more studies have begun to examine the association between victim substance
use and rape [
- The United States Department of Justice Archives
An updated definition of rape.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/updated-definition-rape
Date: 2012
Date accessed: March 21, 2018
2
,
3
,
4
]. Many studies however, have failed to distinguish between assaults that occur directly
because of drug-facilitated sexual assault and those accomplished through perpetrator
force. To gain additional insight into the distinction between forcible and incapacitated
rape we compared women's descriptions of incidents involving these different assaults.
We hypothesized that incapacitated rapes would be more likely to originate out of
a bar or party situation, more likely to include a perpetrator who was also using
alcohol or drugs and less likely to involve a perpetrator with whom the woman had
previously had sexual intercourse. We also speculated that less perpetrator force
would be required when the victim was incapacitated and, thus, there would be less
resistance from and less injury to the victim.Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: April 03, 2018
Accepted:
March 31,
2018
Received:
March 29,
2018
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