JACQUELYN TULLOS
CHAPTER 6 - SEXUAL VIOLENCE

1. Why did the author feel it necessary to include a separate chapter on sexual violence, when he didn't give additional attention to the topics of racial, ethnic, youth or environmental violence? 2 POINTS
-That females are frequent victims of more violence, almost always at the hands of males. Females are becoming more violent at a younger age. Sexual violence is such a good example f of the relativity of predatory violence, so it deserves its own chapter.
2. What is the original (Latin) word for rape?
-Rapere
a. What was the original meaning?
-to seize or obtain by force
3. Today, how can rape be applied to female perpetrators?
-women raping women and women raping men
4. Regarding sexual harassment, men and women do not always agree on the definition. Explain. 2 POINTS
-Females might see it as sexual harassment, but men might see it as clowning around, horseplay or harmless seduction.
FYI- I teach Sex Crimes Investigation for our local police academy, as well as for Bossier Parish. The information contained in this chapter is generic to the United States and NOT specific to Louisiana. In fact, it is hard for me not to go into a full-blown lecture to bring you up to speed on Louisiana law. But, I'll refrain since that is not the purpose of this chapter. 

5. List all 5 of the terms the text categorizes as rape.
-sexual assault, sexual battery, criminal sexual conduct, forcible rape, and sexual harassment
6. What is the rape shield law?
-make evidence of the woman’s past sexual behavior inadmissible in court
7. What was the ruling in Coker v. Georgia (1977)?
-that the raping of an adult female was no longer serious enough to warrant a penalty of death.
8. Most rape victims view the act of rape as much more than an assault on their bodies. How do they view rape?