CJUS P300 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture 1. Charging Decisions 2. Summons to appear in court3. Signature on a ticket4. Arrests and Jaila. Bail5. Police Role in Arrests6. Charging decision by Prosecutora. Statute of Limitations 7. Witnesses and Line-upsOutline of Current Lecture 1. Discussion of Rape CaseCurrent Lecture1. Discussion of Rape Casea. Define rapei. Sexual intercourse or some type of penetration between two people (typically between a male and a female) without consent ii. Can also be rape if the other individual involved is not capable of giving consent i.e. age, intoxication, mental incapacitation b. Sexual Batteryi. Rude, insolent, or angry touching of another for purpose of perpetrators or victims sexual gratification c. If you have probable cause and evidence then you can charge iti. You have all of the above in the rape case These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ii. Rarely do you get the “Best” evidence, you have to work with what you have d. Majority of rapes are committed by people who know the victim i. A majority of victims will call the next day if they know the defendant andask “how could you do that”e. Majority of rapes have no physical evidence beyond the semen in the vagina i. “If I don’t comply with this I’m going to die. This is bad but not as bad as me dying.”f. 98% of people accused of rape admit that they had sex with the victimi. Therefore, a rape kit does no good 1. A rape kit for a victim is normally a traumatic experience g. Rape is a crime of violence, it is not about sexi. It is about power and
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