Paper , Order, or Assignment Requirements

1. Discuss the historic significance of the court case Rightout vs. Oregon (1983) for legal definitions of sexual assault.

   2. Analyze this statement from the text: �Compared with other crimes, there is an extremely wide gap between the actual number of sexual assaults and those offenses known to the police.� Why is hidden (i.e.,the �dark figure� of sexual assault) so prevalent?

   3. Recently, Missouri politician Todd Akin created a political media firestorm with his comments about the difference between �legitimate� and “illegitimate� rape. Do you think there is any legal, scientific, or cultural basis for his claim? (Search the internet for a summary of controversy if you are unfamiliar with it).