Drug Rape: Business as Usual

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Drug Rape Business as Usual

• Kate Cook
• Lecturer in Law
• MMU

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Rape Conviction Rates
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Drug Rape in the News
Rape victim warns of spike danger
Film warns about horror of drug rape
Nina made one terrible mistake she took a sip
of a drink brought for her by a friend of a
friend
Police fear women still unaware of growing sex
attack menace
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Date Rape in the News
New date rape laws planned
Police probe alleged date rape
Man cleared of date rape charge
Warning after date rape claims
Man given bail over text date rape
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Sentencing Advisory Panel

• The relationship between the perpetrator and the
  victim was seen as a factor that affected the
  experience of the crime, but not the magnitude of
  the crime.

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Drug Rape or Date Rape?

• Can you define date rape?
• Isnt that the drug?
• Well, its with someone you go out with for the
  first time
• I thought that what date rape was actually this
  drug thing

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Common Effects of Rape

• Isolation and withdrawal Anxiety and Depression
• Low self-esteem Agoraphobia
• Self-harm, Anorexia, Bulimia Insomnia and
  tiredness
• Physical injury Miscarriage
• Gynaecological problems HIV/ other STD infection
• Time off work Loss of job
• Fear of intimacy
• Partnership breakdown/Divorce
• The need for legal proceedings for injunctions
  etc.
• Loss of home and/or Loss of personal belongings
• Ongoing threats to personal safety
• Disability
• Death

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Continuum of Sexual Violence

• Intimidation
• Coercion
• Intrusion
• Threat
• Force

• Rape
• Sexual Assault
• Child abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Stalking
• Sexual Harassment
• Obscene phone calls