CP102 Syllabus

Rape Investigation I

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Lecture 1: Defining Rape

1. Current Rape Data

2. Legal Definitions v. Moral Definitions

3. Rape v. Incest

4. The feminist perspective of rape

5. Readings

6. Questions & review

Lecture 2: Attitudes Towards Rape

1. The public's attitude towards rape

2. Law enforcement's attitudes towards rape

3. Offender Myths

4. Victim Myths

5. Readings

6. Questions & Review

Lecture 3: The Victim Impact of Rape

1. Rape Trauma Syndrome

2. Self-destructive behavior

3. Divided Loyalty in Incest Cases

4. Interviewing Victims of Rape

5. Readings

6. Questions & Review

Reading

The following are available through our online Forensic Science Bookstore.

Required:

Men Who Rape, by A. Nicholas Groth