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CRIME OF VIOLENCE RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

NCJ Number
42333
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1977
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS FILMSTRIP AND CASETTE SHOW PRESENTS BASIC INFORMATION ON RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Abstract
THE FILM EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. THERE IS NO TYPICAL VICTIM, THE FILM POINTS OUT. IT EXPLODES SOME OF THE POPULAR MYTHS CONNECTED WITH RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. RAPE, THE FASTEST GROWING AND ONE OF THE LEAST REPORTED CRIMES, IS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. IT IS NOT COMMITTED FOR SEXUAL GRATIFICATION. THE FILM DESCRIBES THE DIFFICULTY IN ENCOURAGING RAPE VICTIMS TO REPORT THE CRIME. THE SHOW LISTS SOME OF THE STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEXUAL ASSAULT....BDS

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