U.S. Redefines Rape; Adds Men, Removes Resistance Mandate
Charleston Gazette › January 09, 2012
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday expanded the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims must have physically resisted their attackers.
The new definition will increase the number of people counted as rape victims in FBI statistics, but it will not change federal or state laws or alter charges or prosecutions.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Redefines Rape; Adds Men, Removes Resistance Mandate
The White House said the change was not motivated by the recent Penn State child sex-abuse scandal. The expansion has...
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