Taft College Women Criminal Justice Discussion Questions

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1. Present the characteristics of each time frame, while considering how age, social class, race, and sexuality might play a role in each of these stages. 

Part B Please include the question, and then your answer/analysis, double spaced, 12 font, times new roman with your

1. How has the definition of rape evolved over time?

2. Why do many victims of rape and sexual assault choose not to report

their crimes to the police?

3. What impact do rape myths play in victim blaming and the denial of

offender culpability?

4. Why do many victims of rape and sexual assault fail to identify

themselves as victims of a crime?

5. Why are acquaintance rape cases not viewed as “real” rape?

6. What tactics do perpetrators use to coerce sex from their victims?

7. In what ways can prevention efforts be used to educate women and

men about the realities of rape and sexual assault?

8. What are the short- and long-term effects of sexual assault? How

might early sexual assault yield a pathway to later victimization or

offending?