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Rape Trauma Syndrome

Date Submitted: 06/17/2004 12:16:47
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 8 pages (2299 words)
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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