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lumberjack_jeff

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6. The FBI statistical reporting will change, not the underlying laws.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 01:29 AM

Dec 2011

Until this change, many crimes that people would generally consider rape would not counted as such by the FBI.

If the hypothetical example you are talking about wasn't a crime last year, it's still not a crime today. If was a crime... then it still is.

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A broader definition of rape [View all] bemildred Dec 2011 OP

Will rape get overstated? nt Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #1

without consent dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #2

My own feeling is these things should always be videotaped, just to be on the safe side. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #3

Agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #4

The only question is, could a man be charged with rape.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2011 #5

The FBI statistical reporting will change, not the underlying laws. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #6

Agreed, but it also must have a very definite definition Taverner Jan 2012 #7

Yeah, I always wondered what I was supposed to be interested in instead. bemildred Jan 2012 #8

But of course, but there is no such thing as "raping a woman with your eyes" Taverner Jan 2012 #9