[...]... which is expensive, should be reserved for those rapes committed by “strangers” These are the ones that may include the activities of a serial offender But these stranger rapes account for only 22 to 25 percent of all rapes reported each year For this reason, I directed the Philadelphia Police Department laboratory to do a DNA test on all “stranger” rape kits collected during the last five years, the... State Consolidated Laws, “Sexual intercourse” is required for the crime of rape to occur, and the term “has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight.” Furthermore, rape is broken down into three levels of severity with the following criteria: Section 130.25 Rape in the third degree A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when: 1 He or she engages in sexual intercourse... exceeded 2000 According to Fazlollah, McCoy, and Moran (2000): The sex-crimes unit, founded in 1981, buried nearly a third of its caseload over the next 17 years Rapes, attempted rapes and other reported acts were given administrative labels such as investigation of person” or were rejected as unfounded Either way, they did not show up in crime statistics The victims were never told their complaints had... by findings up North, however In 2001, the state of Alaska had the highest rape rate in the United States; from 1982 to 2001, the rate of rape per 100,000 people in Anchorage, for example, was on average 122% higher than the overall U.S rate; it ranked fifth when compared to other U.S metropolitan cities Between 1999 and 2001, the rape rate P R E FA C E increased by 27% in Anchorage; it decreased by 3%... generic term sexual assault Rape will be defined as nonconsensual sexual penetration Sexual assault will be defined as nonconsensual sexual contact There are other definitions worth examining, however, without which ours are perhaps misleading DEFINITIONS A review of the myriad rape- related laws, publications, and research reveals definitions and thresholds unique to each Whenever rape is considered it is... LEGAL DEFINITIONS For most investigators, rape is a legal term defined by a penal code with the assistance of the court Each state defines the crime of rape or sexual assault differently Some criteria are short and general; others are lengthy and specific A review of these laws is at best trying, if not ultimately confusing and frustrating.1 Penal codes tend to define rape in unemotional, functional language... prosecutions Or at least they should As discussed in Tredoux (1997): By the common law definition, rape is sex without consent Rape is thus sexual robbery, sexual burglary being unknown, and this sort of definition has been employed in all major legal systems Legal statutes tend to distinguish between degrees of rape and other forms of sexual assault However, a few antiquated sex-crimes-related laws do remain... nothing getting done while everyone sits around complaining about the situation But as far as rapes are concerned, the problem is not as large as many believe The immediate purpose of DNA testing is to identify an offender But we know that 75 percent of rapes are committed by “known doers”: for example, date rapes, incest, neighbors, etc The question that is usually at issue in these cases is whether... intercourse with another person without such person’s consent where such lack of consent is by reason of some factor other than incapacity to consent Rape in the third degree is a class E felony Section 130.30 Rape in the second degree A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when: 1 being eighteen years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fifteen years... N D B O O K S 130.35 Rape in the first degree A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person: 1 By forcible compulsion; or 2 Who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless; or 3 Who is less than eleven years old; or 4 Who is less than thirteen years old and the actor is eighteen years old or more Rape in the first degree . integrity of this document Date: 2005.08.09 08:53:31 +08'00' RAPE INVESTIGATION HANDBOOK RAPE INVESTIGATION HANDBOOK Editors John O. Savino Brent E. Turvey, MS Contributors Det. John. Support” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rape investigation handbook / by editors, John O. Savino, Brent E. Turvey; contributors, John J. Baeza cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-12-072832-X (alk. paper) 1. Rape Investigation United States. 2. Rape United States. I. Savino, John O. II. Turvey, Brent E. III. Baeza, John