Mitigating Punishment for Statutory Rape

4 Lies , Rape , and Statutory Rape

Whenadefendant lies or uses other forms of deception to induce an adult partner into sex, the law only rarely treats that as rape, even if the partner would not have engaged in the act absent the deception.But when the defendant himself is deceived into having sex with a partner who is underage, such deception is normally no defense to charges of statutory rape, even if, once again, it was a “b...

Statutory Rape Laws in Historical Context

Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape Training

Buyer Beware: Why Johns Should Be Charged With Statutory Rape For Buying Sex From A Child

Despite the common conception that human trafficking is primarily a problem beyond our shores, sex trafficking is a growing epidemic within the United States. Sex traffickers are increasingly preying on children in particular in response to growing demand for paid sex with younger girls and boys. Strikingly, the criminal justice system charges and prosecutes these trafficking victims for sellin...

Caught between teens and the law: family planning programs and statutory rape reporting.

In the US, policy-makers and legislators have considered using statutory rape prosecutions of males to reduce the incidence of adolescent pregnancy or the incidence of minors being exploited sexually by much older males. However, health care professionals fear that mandatory reporting of such cases will discourage young women from seeking health care. Statutory rape laws vary from state to st...