Canadian Criminal Act 1892 Analysis

To view how Canadian legislation has treated rape is to look at the Canadian criminal code. It was only in the 1892 that the Canadian legislation pronounced the act of rape to be a criminal act. This is because before 1892 the act of rape was considered a norm. Members of the society could rape another member without dealing with the consequences, or a man raping his wife without dealing with the consequences. These actions were considered a norm before the 1892. It was also said that a man could not rape his wife because they are already married and therefore she was considered a property. In the 1892 the Canadian criminal code defined rape as a criminal act, and the Canadian criminal code assigned punishments for one who commits rape. The