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  2. Rape trauma syndrome - Wikipedia

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    RTS is a cluster of psychological and physical signs, symptoms and reactions common to most rape victims immediately following a rape, but which can also occur for months or years afterwards. [2] While most research into RTS has focused on female victims, sexually abused males (whether by male or female perpetrators) also exhibit RTS symptoms.

  3. Effects and aftermath of rape - Wikipedia

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    Rape is a traumatic experience that affects the victim (survivor) in a physical, psychological, and sociological way. Even though the effects and aftermath of rape differ among victims, individuals tend to suffer from similar issues found within these three categories.

  4. Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The court held that "Life is over for the victim of the murderer; for the rape victim, life may not be nearly so happy as it was, but it is not over, and normally is not beyond repair". [94] Peggy Reeves Sanday , a professor at University of Pennsylvania , described the US as probably being "in all likelihood one of the most rape-prone ...

  5. Did America address its rape kit backlog? Here's how USA ...

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    In 2015, USA TODAY Network reporters discovered tens of thousands of untested rape kits stored at police departments across the nation. Later that year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced ...

  6. Category:Rapes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2007 De Anza College rape investigation; Joseph James DeAngelo; Murder of Dolores Della Penna; Murder of Brianna Denison; Denson v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The et al; Murder of Jesse Dirkhising; Murder of Dana Dodd; Murder of Angie Dodge; Amber Dubois; Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard; Jane Durrua

  7. How one Michigan case reveals problems with rape kits across ...

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    A Michigan rape investigation reveals the failures surrounding a federal grant program intended to help law enforcement address the rape kit backlog. How one Michigan case reveals problems with ...

  8. New York’s new 'Rape Is Rape Act' embeds victim ... - AOL

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    On Friday, Feb. 2, New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the “Rape Is Rape Act” into law. Its expansion of body parts that are considered “rape” makes this statute a long overdue ...

  9. Factors associated with being a victim of sexual violence

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    Young women are usually found to be more at risk of rape than older women. [2] [3] [4] According to data from justice systems and rape crisis centres in Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, and the United States, between one-third and two-thirds of all victims of sexual assault are aged 15 years or less.