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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an [[act]] or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a [[person]] by [[force]]
*2: unlawful sexual [[activity]] and usually [[sexual intercourse]] carried out forcibly or under threat of [[injury]] against the will usually of a [[female]] or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid [[consent]] — compare [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault sexual assault], statutory rape
*3: an outrageous [[violation]]
==Description==
'''Rape''' is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault sexual assault] usually involving [[sexual intercourse]], which is initiated by one or more [[persons]] against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical [[force]], [[coercion]], [[abuse]] of [[authority]] or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The term is most often defined in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law criminal law]. A person who commits an act of rape is known as a rapist.
Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the [[police]] during 2008 varied between 0.1 in Egypt per 100,000 people and 91.6 per 100,000 people in Lesotho with 4.9 per 100,000 people in Lithuania as the median. According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Medical_Association American Medical Association], sexual [[violence]], and rape in particular, is considered the most under-reported [[violent]] [[crime]]. The rate of reporting, prosecution and [[convictions]] for rape varies considerably in [[different]] [[jurisdictions]]. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999) estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are [[female]] and 9% are [[male]], with 99% of the offenders being male. Rape by [[strangers]] is usually less common than rape by persons the [[victim]] knows, and several studies argue that male-male and female-female [[prison]] rape are quite common and may be the least reported forms of rape.
When part of a widespread and systematic [[practice]], rape and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slavery sexual slavery] are recognized as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity crimes against humanity] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime war crimes]. Rape is also recognized as an element of the crime of [[genocide]] when committed with the [[intent]] to destroy, in whole or in part, a targeted [[ethnic]] group.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape]
[[Category: Law]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an [[act]] or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a [[person]] by [[force]]
*2: unlawful sexual [[activity]] and usually [[sexual intercourse]] carried out forcibly or under threat of [[injury]] against the will usually of a [[female]] or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid [[consent]] — compare [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault sexual assault], statutory rape
*3: an outrageous [[violation]]
==Description==
'''Rape''' is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault sexual assault] usually involving [[sexual intercourse]], which is initiated by one or more [[persons]] against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical [[force]], [[coercion]], [[abuse]] of [[authority]] or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The term is most often defined in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law criminal law]. A person who commits an act of rape is known as a rapist.
Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the [[police]] during 2008 varied between 0.1 in Egypt per 100,000 people and 91.6 per 100,000 people in Lesotho with 4.9 per 100,000 people in Lithuania as the median. According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Medical_Association American Medical Association], sexual [[violence]], and rape in particular, is considered the most under-reported [[violent]] [[crime]]. The rate of reporting, prosecution and [[convictions]] for rape varies considerably in [[different]] [[jurisdictions]]. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999) estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are [[female]] and 9% are [[male]], with 99% of the offenders being male. Rape by [[strangers]] is usually less common than rape by persons the [[victim]] knows, and several studies argue that male-male and female-female [[prison]] rape are quite common and may be the least reported forms of rape.
When part of a widespread and systematic [[practice]], rape and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slavery sexual slavery] are recognized as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity crimes against humanity] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime war crimes]. Rape is also recognized as an element of the crime of [[genocide]] when committed with the [[intent]] to destroy, in whole or in part, a targeted [[ethnic]] group.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape]
[[Category: Law]]
