Rape

The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will; the act of despoiling a country in warfare; Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop; verb destroy and strip of its possession; force (someone) to have sex against their will

Glossary

• AIDS -  a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
• Abduction -  (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body; the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
• Acquittal -  a judgment of not guilty
• Actus reus -  activity that transgresses moral or civil law
• Adult molested as child - Adult age 18 or older who was sexually abused as a child (see definition below).
• Adult sexual assault - Sexual offense—including rape, incest, fondling, exhibitionism, or pornography—of an adult age 18 or older.
• Adultery -  extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
• Advocate -  a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court; verb speak, plead, or argue in favour of; push for something
• African -  of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples;  a native or inhabitant of Africa
• Aftermath -  the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
• Aggravated assault - Unlawful, intentional causing of serious bodily injury with or without a deadly weapon, or unlawful, intentional attempting or threatening of serious bodily injury or death with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
• Alcohol -  a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
• Anal sex -  intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
• Apollo -  (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
• Ararat -  the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
• Arc -  a continuous portion of a circle; electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field; something curved in shape; verb form an arch or curve
• Ardea -  type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
• Arraignment -  a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
• Arrest -  the state of inactivity following an interruption; the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); verb hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; take into custody; attract and fix; cause to stop
• Arson - Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling, house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property of another.
• Art -  the creation of beautiful or significant things; the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
• Asia -  the nations of the Asian continent collectively; the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• Asphalt -  a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons; mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing; verb cover with tar or asphalt
• Assault - An unlawful attack by one person on another, with or without a weapon, that inflicts, or attempts or threatens to inflict, physical injury.
• Assent -  agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; verb to agree or express agreement
• Assistance in filing compensation claims - Making victims aware of the availability of crime victim compensation (see definition below), helping victims complete required forms, and gathering needed documentation. May also include followup contact with the victim compensation agency on behalf of the victim.
• Augustine -  (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
• Authorization -  the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant; official permission or approval; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; a document giving an official instruction or command
• Avoidance -  deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
• Bacchus -  (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
• Beloved -  dearly loved;  a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• Bestiality -  sexual activity between a person and an animal; the stupid brutal quality of a beast
• Bible -  a book regarded as authoritative in its field; the sacred writings of the Christian religions
• Bosnia-Herzegovina -  a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
• Buddhism -  the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth; a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha
• Bullying -  noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others;  the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
• Bun -  small rounded bread either plain or sweet
• Cairo -  the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs; a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
• Canada -  a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
• Carnal knowledge -  the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
• Castration -  surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); neutering a male animal by removing the testicles; the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
• Cat Valium -  street names for ketamine
• Catherine -  empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796); first wife of Henry VIII; Henry's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
• Child physical abuse - Nonaccidental injury to a child by a parent or other adult that may include severe beatings, burns, strangulation, or human bites.
• Child sexual abuse - Sexual offense (see definition below) against a child by a parent or other adult.
• Child - A person under the age of 18 or as otherwise defined by state law.
• Chlamydia -  coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract; a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
• Christianity -  a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior; the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)
• Cinderella -  a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince; a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
• Circumstantial evidence -  evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute
• Clergy -  in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
• Clothing -  a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
• Cohn -  German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
• Compensation -  something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors; the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
• Complainant -  a person who brings an action in a court of law
• Complaint -  (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based; an expression of grievance or resentment; (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow; (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Conception -  the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon; the creation of something in the mind; an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances; the event that occurred at the beginning of something
• Conference -  a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic; a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda); an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
• Connecticut -  a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the British colonies that formed the United States; a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound
• Consent -  permission to do something; verb give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
• Continuance -  the act of continuing an activity without interruption; the property of enduring or continuing in time; the period of time during which something continues
• Contraception -  birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
• Conviction -  (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
• Counseling -  something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
• Crabs -  infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
• Credibility -  the quality of being believable or trustworthy
• Crime -  (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
• Criminal justice support/advocacy - Support, assistance, and advocacy provided to victims at any stage of the criminal justice process, including postsentencing services and support.
• Crisis counseling - In-person crisis intervention, emotional support, and guidance and counseling provided by advocates, counselors, mental health professionals, or peers. Such counseling may occur at the scene of a crime or immediately after a crime or be provided on an ongoing basis.
• Crisis hotline counseling - Operation of a 24-hour telephone service, 7 days a week, which provides counseling, guidance, emotional support, and information and referral.
• Croatia -  a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
• Cross dressing -  the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
• DUI/DWI crash - Accident involving one or more motor vehicles in which at least one driver was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs (DUI) or was legally intoxicated (DWI) at the time of the crash.
• Darwin -  provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia; English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
• Date rape -  rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
• Defendant -  a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
• Deliverance -  recovery or preservation from loss or danger
• Deuteronomy -  the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law
• Diary -  a personal journal (as a physical object); a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
• Dionysus -  (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
• Direct evidence -  evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute
• Discovery -  the act of discovering something; a productive insight; something that is discovered; (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
• Domestic violence - Violent acts involving a current or former spouse or domestic partner.
• Domestic violence -  violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women
• Double standard -  an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
• EKG -  a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
• Ecstasy -  a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; a state of elated bliss; street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
• Ejaculation -  an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion; the discharge of semen in males
• Elder abuse - Abuse perpetrated by a caretaker on an elderly individual who depends on others for support and assistance.
• Emergency financial assistance - Cash outlays for such needs as transportation, food, clothing, and emergency housing.
• Emergency legal advocacy - Filing of temporary restraining orders, injunctions, and other protective orders, elder abuse (see definition above) petitions, and child abuse (see definition above) petitions. Does not include criminal prosecution or the employment of attorneys for such nonemergency purposes as custody disputes and civil suits.
• Ethnic cleansing -  the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area
• Eugenics -  the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
• Euripides -  one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
• Europa -  the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water
• Evidence -  your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; an indication that makes something evident; (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved; verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; give evidence; provide evidence for
• Far East -  a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
• Fatty -  containing or composed of fat;  a rotund individual
• Faulkner -  United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
• Felony -  a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
• Feminism -  a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women; the movement aimed at equal rights for women
• First Appearance -  the act of beginning something new
• Followup contact - In-person contacts, telephone contacts, and written communications with victims to offer emotional support, provide empathetic listening, and check on a victim's progress.
• Fourteenth Amendment -  an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government
• Fraud - A deliberate deception perpetrated for unlawful or unfair gain.
• Freud -  Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
• Friedan -  United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)
• GHB -  a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape
• Galen -  Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
• Gang violence - Criminal acts committed by a group of three or more individuals who regularly engage in criminal activity and identify themselves with a common name or sign.
• Gang-rape - verb rape (someone) successively with several attackers
• Genetic fingerprinting -  the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
• Genghis Khan -  Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
• Genocide -  systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
• George v -  King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
• Gonorrhea -  a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
• Goya -  Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
• Grand Jury -  a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
• Greek mythology -  the mythology of the ancient Greeks
• Group treatment - Coordination and provision of supportive group activities, which include self-help, peer, and social support.
• Guardian -  providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding;  a person who cares for persons or property
• HIV -  infection by the human immunodeficiency virus; the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
• Hadrian -  Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
• Harlem Renaissance -  a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
• Hebrew -  of or relating to the language of the Hebrews; of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews;  the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel; a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
• Heterosexism -  discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people
• Hinduism -  a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils; the predominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system and belief in reincarnation
• Holocaust -  an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
• Homoeroticism -  a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
• Homophobia -  prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
• Homosexuality -  a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
• Human Genome Project -  an international study of the entire human genetic material
• Human trafficking - Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
• Hysteria -  excessive or uncontrollable fear; neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions; state of violent mental agitation
• Identity theft - A crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, such as Social Security or driver's license numbers, to impersonate someone else.
• Immigration -  migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there); the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
• Incest -  sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
• India -  a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
• Infanticide -  murdering an infant; a person who murders an infant
• Information and referral (in-person) - In-person contact with crime victim to identify available services and support.
• Information and referral (telephone) - Telephone contact with crime victim to identify available services and support.
• Informed Consent -  consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
• Intercourse -  communication between individuals; the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
• Internet -  a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Intrusion -  entrance by force or without permission or welcome; rock produced by an intrusive process; the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation; entry to another's property without right or permission; any entry into an area not previously occupied
• Islam -  the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion
• Jack the Ripper -  an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
• Jerome -  (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
• Jogger -  someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
• Jonson -  English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
• Jordan -  an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea; a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
• Judaism -  the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud; Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
• Jurisdiction -  in law; the territory within which power can be exercised; (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
• KKK -  a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
• Ketamine -  a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
• Kidnapping -  (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
• Kinsey -  United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)
• Krafft-Ebing -  German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
• Ku Klux Klan -  a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
• Law enforcement -  insuring obedience to the laws
• Lebensraum -  space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding
• Legislation -  the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body
• Little Red Riding Hood -  a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother
• Livy -  Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
• Machismo -  exaggerated masculinity
• Maimonides -  Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
• Malpractice -  a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
• Marijuana -  a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared; the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
• Mars -  a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
• Marxist -  following the ideas of Marx and Engels;  an advocate of Marxism; emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
• Masochism -  sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)
• McCauley -  heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1932)
• Mead -  made of fermented honey and water; United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931); United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
• Medroxyprogesterone -  a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders
• Menander -  comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)
• Mens rea -  (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials
• Mental Capacity -  mental ability
• Metis -  a half-breed of white and American Indian parentage
• Mexican Valium -  street names for flunitrazepan
• Misdemeanor -  a crime less serious than a felony
• Modus operandi -  an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
• Morrison -  United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931); United States rock singer (1943-1971)
• Murder -  unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being; verb kill intentionally and with premeditation; alter so as to make unrecognizable
• Muslim -  of or relating to or supporting Islamism;  a believer in or follower of Islam
• Mythology -  the study of myths; myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
• NOW - adv. used to preface a command or reproof or request; at the present moment; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; in the immediate past; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; in these times; without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;  the momentary present
• Namibia -  a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia form part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
• Natural Selection -  a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
• Necrophilia -  an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
• Oedipal complex -  a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
• Old Testament -  the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
• Oral sex -  oral stimulation of the genitals
• Orgasm -  the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
• Other violent crimes - Other crimes not listed, not including property crimes (which is the taking of money or property without force or threat of force).
• Other, referring to services provided - Other services and activities allowed under the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA).
• Other, referring to types of victim served - Victims of nonviolent crime, such as burglary and white-collar crime.
• Ottoman Empire -  a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
• Ovid -  Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
• PCP -  a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
• PSI -  the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet; a unit of pressure
• PTSD -  an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
• Papua New Guinea -  a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea
• Paraphilia -  abnormal sexual activity
• Parkinson's disease -  a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
• Parricide -  the murder of your own father or mother; someone who kills his or her parent
• Paternity -  the state of being a father; the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
• Patriarchy -  a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
• Pedophilia -  a sexual attraction to children
• Peeping Tom -  a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
• Peer Review - verb evaluate professionally a colleague's work
• Peleus -  a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles
• Pelvic inflammatory disease -  inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
• Pentateuch -  the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
• Perpetrator -  someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
• Persephone -  (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
• Personal advocacy - Assisting victims in securing rights, remedies, and services from other agencies; locating emergency financial assistance and intervening with employers, creditors, and others on behalf of the victim; assisting in filing for losses covered by public and private insurer programs, including workers' compensation, unemployment benefits, and public assistance; and accompanying the victim to the hospital.
• Phencyclidine -  a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
• Plautus -  a genus of Alcidae; comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
• Pogrom -  organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
• Pornography -  creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
• Poseidon -  (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
• Posttraumatic stress disorder -  an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
• Pregnancy -  the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
• Premature ejaculation -  ejaculation during the early stages of sexual excitement or soon after the insertion of the penis into the vagina
• Prevention -  the act of preventing
• Probation -  (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself; a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
• Profiling -  recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
• Prosecuting Attorney -  a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
• Prosecution -  the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior; the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant; the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
• Prostitution -  offering sexual intercourse for pay
• Psychoanalysis -  a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
• Public Defender -  a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
• Puritanism -  strictness and austerity in conduct and religion; the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
• Quickening -  the process of showing signs of life; the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus; the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
• Quid pro quo -  something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises
• Religion -  a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; an institution to express belief in a divine power
• Rembrandt Van Rijn -  influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)
• Renaissance -  the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries; the revival of learning and culture
• Reporting -  the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
• Repulsion -  the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand; the force by which bodies repel one another; intense aversion
• Restitution -  getting something back again; the act of restoring something to its original state; a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
• Richardson -  British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983); United States architect (1838-1886)
• Robbery - Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence.
• Rohypnol -  a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia
• Romulus -  (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome
• Rwanda -  a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
• SAEK -  a branch of the Tai languages
• SANE -  mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; marked by sound judgment
• Safety plan - Guidelines for stalking victims that, if implemented, may reduce the odds of physical or emotional harm from a stalker.
• Samoa -  a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop; a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
• Sanctuary -  a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept; area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing; a shelter from danger or hardship
• Satyr -  one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns; man with strong sexual desires
• Scabies -  a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Self-defense -  the act of defending yourself
• Sexual abuse -  a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
• Sexual offense - Forcible rape, attempted rape, statutory rape, sexual harassment, prostitution, or other unlawful sexual contact and other unlawful behavior intended to result in sexual gratification or profit from sexual activity.
• Shakespeare -  English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
• Shelter/safe house - Short- and long-term housing and related support services for victims and families following a victimization.
• Sleeping Beauty -  a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play; fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss; a person who is sleeping soundly
• Snow-White -  of the white color of snow
• South Africa -  a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
• Southern -  situated in or coming from regions of the south; in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; from the south; used especially of wind; situated in or oriented toward the south
• Special K -  street names for ketamine
• Stalking - Any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear.
• Stalking -  the act of following prey stealthily; a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
• Statutory rape -  sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
• Subpoena -  a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court; verb serve or summon with a subpoena
• Summons -  a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time; a request to be present; verb call in an official matter, such as to attend court
• Supervised visitation - Contact between a noncustodial party and one or more children in the presence of a third person, either paid or unpaid, who is responsible for observing and, to the greatest extent possible, providing a safe environment for those involved.
• Survivor of homicide victim - Family member or loved one of a murder victim.
• Syndrome -  a complex of concurrent things; a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
• Syphilis -  a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Terence -  dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
• Teresa of Avila -  Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)
• Terrorism - Use of violence or intimidation to coerce a government or civilian population to further political or social objectives.
• Texas -  the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
• Theater -  a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; the art of writing and producing plays; a region in which active military operations are in progress
• Therapy - Intensive professional, psychological, psychiatric, or other counseling-related treatment for individuals, couples, and family members to provide emotional support in crisis arising from the occurrence of crime. Includes the evaluation of mental health needs and the delivery of psychotherapy.
• Thetis -  (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus
• Titian -  old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576)
• Tom Thumb -  a very small person; an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb
• Transportation - Transport service either to or from a victim service agency.
• Trial -  (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; trying something to find out about it; an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; the act of testing something; the act of undergoing testing
• Type of Service Provided -
• United Nations -  an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
• United States -  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776; the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
• Urethral sphincter -  a striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra
• Venus -  type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells; the second nearest planet to the sun; visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
• Versed -  thoroughly acquainted through study or experience;  an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures
• Vestal virgin -  (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
• Victim compensation - Payment or reparations made to a crime victim. == More sexual violence terms ==
• Victim -  an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance; a person who is tricked or swindled
• Victims with disabilities - Victims of crime who have a physical or mental disability.
• Vinson -  United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
• Violence -  an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.; the property of being wild or turbulent
• Virginity -  the condition or quality of being a virgin
• Vitamin K -  a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood
• Voltaire -  French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
• Voyeurism -  a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
• West Point -  United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy
• White-collar crime - Nonviolent crime for financial gain committed by means of deception by persons with special technical and professional knowledge of business or government.
• Wilding -  an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women; a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
• Wolf pack -  a group of wolves hunting together; a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys
• Wolf -  any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs; a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women; German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824); Austrian composer (1860-1903); a cruelly rapacious person; verb eat hastily
• Xanax -  an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class
• Zeus -  type genus of the family Zeidae; (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
• abortion -  termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan
• age of consent -  the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
• attitude -  a theatrical pose created for effect; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion); the arrangement of the body and its limbs
• battered -  exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; damaged by blows or hard usage; damaged especially by hard usage
• brutality -  a brutal barbarous savage act; the trait of extreme cruelty
• circumstantial -  fully detailed and specific about particulars
• collateral -  descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; situated or running side by side; accompany, concomitant; serving to support or corroborate;  a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
• consummation -  the act of bringing to completion or fruition; the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
• defined -  clearly characterized or delimited; clearly defined; showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
• dominance -  the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; superior development of one side of the body; the power or right to give orders or make decisions
• family -  primary social group; parents and children; people descended from a common ancestor; a social unit living together; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; a collection of things sharing a common attribute; a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities; a person having kinship with another or others
• forced -  made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; forced or compelled; produced by or subjected to forcing; lacking spontaneity; not natural
• forcible -  impelled by physical force especially against resistance
• foreign -  relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
• forensic -  of, relating to, or used in courts of law or public debate or argument
• liberal -  tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; not literal; given or giving freely;  a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
• lynching -  putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
• military -  associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians; characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare;  the military forces of a nation
• requirement -  required activity; something that is required in advance; anything indispensable
• seduction -  enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
• sex -  the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; activities associated with sexual intercourse; verb tell the sex (of young chickens); stimulate sexually
• sexual assault -  a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
• sexual harassment -  unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee
• sexual -  having or involving sex; of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; involved in a sexual relationship
• sodomy -  intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
• tribal -  relating to or characteristic of a tribe

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