Rape Trauma Syndrome
Rape And Rape Trauma Syndrome
A dictionary would commonly define rape as a sexual act committed by force especially on a woman (The American Heritage College Dictionary 1997, pg. 740). Until a few years ago it was limited to penal penetration of the vagina. Penal Code 261 defines rape as "an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator without the lawful consent."(Roberson, 1998, p. 188) and Penal Code 263 further states "The fundamental
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