Victim advocacy

10 Points - Due by Midnight on Sunday.

1. If a woman insists that her assailant puts on a condom before raping her, and he complies, is it still considered to be rape?

2. Should a twenty-year-old woman be charged with statutory rape if she has consensual intercourse with a 17-year-old boy? (Assume the age of consent is eighteen.)

3. Should a twenty-year-old woman be charges with statutory rape if she has consensual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old boy? (Assume the age of consent was eighteen.)

4. Would your responses to questions 2 & 3 above be any different if the twenty-year-old woman was the boy's camp counselor?

5. In your opinion, should prior sexual relations between the victim of rape and the perpetrator be admitted as evidence in a criminal case? Why or why not?

6. In your opinion, should a victim's sexual history be admitted as evidence in a criminal case? Should the perpetrator's sexual history be admitted as evidence?

7. What is your opinion of Megan’s Laws? Do you think they are unconstitutional? Do they violate the offender’s privacy rights, and should sex offenders have privacy rights? Do you think the laws are potentially effective or ineffective?

8. Should a woman who uses drugs or alcohol be charged for neglect/abuse of her fetus? If so, does it matter if the infant suffered harm or not?