ABSTRACT
As we are now in the twenty-first century, we acknowledge that significant progress has been made in the investigation of rape cases. However, there are current problems that continue and new problems that develop. In this chapter we review some of the contemporary issues involved in the understanding of rape and its victims. Issues covered include incidence and prevalence of rape, evidentiary examination of the rape victim, date rape, drug-assisted sexual assault, sexual crimes against the elderly, the psychobiology of rape, history of psychological trauma, memory, substance abuse, stalking, cyberstalking, and Internet child pornography. Several of these issues are included as separate chapters.
