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Victimization Of Rape

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Sexual assault is a basic termed used to cover a wide range of sexual crimes, including rape. Rape is considered the most traumatic of interpersonal crimes ever to be committed and that a victim can ever experience. This is why many of the victims who have experienced this type of victimization fail to report. While most rapes go unreported, the number of cases disclosed in the United States, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey was nearly 190,000; with a small amount of those being male victims of rape. The Uniform Crime Report in 2010 was approximately 56 females for every 100,000 persons. This type of crime can cause long-term effects on the victim’s emotional, psychological and physical well-being. Revictimization can continue

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