concepts
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type: ConceptGroup
member: rape law reform

criminal justice system
type: Concept
narrower: rape law reform

law reform
type: Concept
narrower: rape law reform

legislation and statutes
type: Concept
narrower: rape law reform

rape law reform
type: Concept
broader: legislation and statutes
broader: law reform
broader: criminal justice system
definition: Rape law reform has been an ongoing process virtually since women won the right to vote in the early 1900s. Reformers have expressed persistent frustration that despite laws that forbid rape, the crime continues to occur at epidemic rates and yet has remained the most underreported and under-prosecuted of all major felonies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Rape Law Reform]