African-American women 2. Women between the ages of 16 and 24 3. Women living in central cities, as opposed to suburbs and rural areas Time of day does not appear to be a statistically significant factor in rape victimization. Date rape involves or is defined by consent of the part of the woman to socialize with a man, but not to sexual relations, which are forced or coerced. A more recent conception of rape involves marital rape.
Marital rape is defined in two ways.
They are summarized on page 189. It is estimated that the financial cost of a single rape exceeds 2 million dollars. Sensitivity to the crime of rape is, in large measure, an impact of the women s movement. Until relatively recently, responsibility for rape was clouded by issues where the victim was causative of the crime. State laws are considerably more sensitive to the crime and have incorporated substantial changes to reflect systemic responses to this category of crime.