FORCIBLE RAPE - MEDICAL AND LEGAL INFORMATION

• NCJ Number: 41736
• Author(s): L FORRESTSCHRAM D
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 24 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-NI-99-0056
• Corporate Author: Battelle Human Affairs Research Ctrs
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS BOOKLET WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY TO HELP CONFUSED AND UPSET VICTIMS OF RAPE BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE CRIME.

Abstract

EACH CONTACT THAT A RAPE VICTIM WOULD HAVE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS OUTLINED, FROM THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT THROUGH THE MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND POLICE INVESTIGATION TO THE ACTUAL TRIAL. BECAUSE EACH RAPE CASE IS UNIQUE, THE MANNER IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL VICTIM'S CASE IS HANDLED MAY VARY FROM THIS OUTLINE. THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE IDEAL WAY A CASE SHOULD BE HANDLED AND TELLS WHAT A RAPE VICTIM HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT. A GLOSSARY OF LEGAL AND MEDICAL TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME OF RAPE IS PROVIDED TO ALLAY ANY CONFUSION ON THE PART OF THE VICTIM. AN APPOINTMENT DIRECTORY IS FURNISHED FOR RECORDING THE TIMES AND PLACES OF MEETINGS WITH DOCTORS, DETECTIVES, AND THE PROSECUTOR.