Rape
Rape
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a form of sexual assault. For other uses, see Rape (disambiguation). For rape among non-human animals, see Sexual coercion.
Sexual assault
Classification and external resources
The rape of noblewoman Lucretia was a starting point of events that led to the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and establishment of theRoman Republic. As a direct result of rape, Lucretia committed suicide. Many artists and writers were inspired by the story, includingShakespeare, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Dürer,Artemisia Gentileschi, Geoffrey Chaucer,Thomas Heywood and others.
ICD-9
E960.1
MedlinePlus
001955 eMedicine article/806120
MeSH
D011902
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person 's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent.[1][2][3][4]
Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 varied between 0.1 in Egypt per 100,000 people and 91.6 per 100,000 people in Lesotho with 4.9 per 100,000 people in Lithuania as the median.[5] According to the American Medical Association (1995), sexual violence, and rape in particular, is considered the most underreported violent crime.[6][7] The rate of reporting, prosecution and convictions for rape varies considerably in different jurisdictions. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999) estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are female and 9% are male, with 99% of the offenders being male.[8] Rape by strangers is usually less common than rape by persons the victim knows,[9][10][11][12][13] and several studies argue thatmale-male and female-female prison rape are quite common and may be the least reported forms of rape.[14][15][16]
When part of a
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a form of sexual assault. For other uses, see Rape (disambiguation). For rape among non-human animals, see Sexual coercion.
Sexual assault
Classification and external resources
The rape of noblewoman Lucretia was a starting point of events that led to the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and establishment of theRoman Republic. As a direct result of rape, Lucretia committed suicide. Many artists and writers were inspired by the story, includingShakespeare, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Dürer,Artemisia Gentileschi, Geoffrey Chaucer,Thomas Heywood and others.
ICD-9
E960.1
MedlinePlus
001955 eMedicine article/806120
MeSH
D011902
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person 's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent.[1][2][3][4]
Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 varied between 0.1 in Egypt per 100,000 people and 91.6 per 100,000 people in Lesotho with 4.9 per 100,000 people in Lithuania as the median.[5] According to the American Medical Association (1995), sexual violence, and rape in particular, is considered the most underreported violent crime.[6][7] The rate of reporting, prosecution and convictions for rape varies considerably in different jurisdictions. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999) estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are female and 9% are male, with 99% of the offenders being male.[8] Rape by strangers is usually less common than rape by persons the victim knows,[9][10][11][12][13] and several studies argue thatmale-male and female-female prison rape are quite common and may be the least reported forms of rape.[14][15][16]
When part of a
References: Main article: False accusation of rape The largest and most rigorous study was commissioned by the British Home Office and based on 2,643 sexual assault cases (Kelly, Lovett, and Regan, 2005)