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Statutory rape is a general term used to describe an offense that takes place when an individual has consensual sexual relations with an individual not old enough to legally consent to the behavior.

“ Date” rape also is when one person forces another person to have sex. It, too, is a felony offense. The difference between rape and date rape is that the victim knows the attacker socially. Perhaps he or she even went out with his or her attacker more than once.

 Rape occurs when sex is non-consensual, or a person forces another person  to have sex against his or her will. It also can occur when the victim is intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. Rape includes intercourse in the vagina, anus, or mouth. It is a felony offense, which means it is among the most serious [...]

Criminal acts have always had consequences punishable by law. Punishments used throughout history were, labor work, physical retribution and old style prisons. Constitutional rights have made an impact on modern methods of punishing inmates, such as rehabilitation and modified prisons. The intention behind deterrence has remained the same through past and present, the difference between [...]

 In the United States, some drugs that effect mental states and give behavior have been subject to title to no regulation. And others have been target of extreme punitive legislature and a “war on drugs”. This is a disagreement about what substances and drugs, and which are harmful. Although nicotine and caffeine stimulate the central [...]