RAPE IN THE CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTEXTS: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS IN TORT CASES BROUGHT BY RAPE SURVIVORS.

RAPE prevention; RAPE lawsuits; RAPE victims; CRIMINAL justice system; UNITED States. Violence Against Women Act of 1994; RAPE laws

The article focuses on laws governing rape in the U.S. Topics discussed include civil suits brought by rape survivors and role of criminal justice system in addressing the same; problems of underreporting of sexual assault in the criminal context; and enactment of Violence Against Women Act of 1994 for preventing the same.