CRIME OF VIOLENCE RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

• NCJ Number: 42333
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Minnesota Governor's Cmssn on Crime Prevention and Control
• Corporate Author: Current Affairs Films; Glenda Fischer Epstein Productions
• Sale Source: Russell-Manning Productions; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 20-MINUTE CASSETTE TAPES, 35MM COLOR FILMSTRIPS, 1977 2 CASSETTE TAPES, 2 FILMSTRIPS, AND 8-PAGE DISCUSSION GUIDE INCLUDED

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