Concept information
Preferred term
sociology of rape
Definition
- At its simplest, rape is forced sexual action, particularly referring to sexual penetration. While the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program designates forcible rape as that perpetrated by men onto women, both males and females may be victims, as males and females may also be perpetrators. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Rape, Sociology of]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sociology_of_rape
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