forcible rape

English

Noun

forcible rape (plural forcible rapes)

1. Rape which occurs through the use of force.
   • 1826 Sir William Oldnall Russell, "A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1" page 556, Joseph Butterworth & Son

     This lenity, however, is said to have been productive of terrible consequences; and it was, therefore, found necessary, in about ten years fterwards, and in the same reign, again to make the offense of forcible rape a felony

   • 1951, West's california digest, 1850 to date, covering cases from state, Volume 38‎^[1]:

     In prosecution for forcible rape, testimony of prosecuting witness that she attempted to tire defendant out so that he would have an emission without penetrating her did not establish that she did not resist defendant's advances, since the resistance of a female need only be such as to make nonconsent and actual resistance reasonably manifest.

   • 1962, West's Pacific Digest: Beginning 101 P. 2d‎^[2], West Publishing Company, page 642:

     In prosecution for forcible rape, evidence was sufficient to sustain implied finding of jury that prosecuting witness resisted defendant's advances and that her resistance was overcome by force or violence

   • 1970 Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, "Uniform Crime Reports for the United States" page 14

     The volume of forcible rape offenses in 1970 increased 2 percent over 1969, and 121 percent over 1960.

   • 1971, Sir Leon Radzinowicz, The criminal in society‎^[3], Basic Books, pages 141–142:

     Forcible rape, as defined under this program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her .. 18 per cent of all forcible rapes reported to police were determined by investigation to be unfounded. In other words, the police established that no offense of forcible rape actually did take place. This is caused primarily due to the question of the use of force frequently complicated by a prior relationship

   • 1971, Menachem Amir, Patterns in Forcible Rape‎^[4], University of Chicago Press:
   • 1977, Forcible rape: the crime, the victim, and the offender‎^[5]:
   • 2009, Bruce Gross, False Rape Allegations: An Assault On Justice‎^[6]:

     in 1995, 8% of all forcible rape cases were closed as unfounded, as were 15% in 1996

Antonyms

• statutory rape