FBI Expands Definition of Rape

Here's an update to a previous post. The justice department has changed their definition of rape for the first time since 1927.

The revised definition includes any gender of victim or perpetrator. It also includes instances in which a victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental or physical incapacity, such as intoxication. Physical resistance is not required to demonstrate lack of consent.

It's about time. I'm very interested to see how this changes the crime statistics regarding rape, as we should now have a better idea of its frequency.

Ed

Ed enjoys all forms of entertainment and has an unnatural love for quantitative methodology. He operates out of a basement in Northern Virginia (@edomaniac).

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