What are the legal elements of a rape?

What will be an ideal response?


• They are carnal knowledge (penetration, however slight, by a sexual organ into another sexual organ), forcible submission (in many states, the victim must have resisted the assault), and lack of consent (which is not the same as submission; consent may involve submission, but submission does not necessarily imply consent).

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The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) mission is to facilitate cooperation, communication, and coordination among law enforcement agencies and provide support in their efforts to investigate, identify, track, apprehend, and prosecute violent serial offenders

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Concurrent validity concerns itself with whether the measure enhances the ability to gauge present characteristics

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was established in _____

a. 1850 b. 1874 c. 1899 d. 1911

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What is good practice for supervisors conducting performance evaluations?

a. Keep the evaluation positive even with poor performance. b. Spend the same amount of time with each employee. c. Differentiate between good and bad employees. d. All of the above.

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