Editing Acquaintance rape (section)

{{Short description|Rape that is perpetrated by a person who is known to the victim}}
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'''Acquaintance rape''' is [[rape]] that is perpetrated by a person who knows the victim. Examples of acquaintances include someone the victim is dating, a classmate, co-worker, employer, family member, spouse, counselor, therapist, religious official, or medical doctor.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title = Investigating Sexual Assault Cases (Jones & Bartlett Learning Guides to Law Enforcement Investigation)|last = Chancellor|first = Arthur S.|publisher = Jones & Bartlett Learning|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1449648695|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMF9bzaVVY8C|pages = 167}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title = Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape|last = Wiehe|first = Vernon R.|publisher = SAGE Publications|year = 1995|isbn = 978-0803973619|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZs5DQAAQBAJ|pages = 3–4, 30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Criminal Law|last = Samaha|first = Joel|publisher = Cengage|year = 2010|isbn = 9780495807490|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t115ORLGSk4C|pages = 328}}</ref> Acquaintance rape includes a subcategory of incidents labeled [[date rape]] that involves people who are in romantic or sexual relationships with each other.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Coping With Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape|last = Parrot|first = Andrea|publisher = Rosen Publishing Group|year = 1998|isbn = 978-0823928613|url=https://archive.org/details/copingwithdatera00parr|url-access = registration|pages = [https://archive.org/details/copingwithdatera00parr/page/30 30]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Everything You Need to Know About Dealing With Sexual Assault|last = Kaminker|first = Laura|publisher = Rosen Pub Group|year = 2002|isbn = 978-0823933037|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMnPD6ji9msC|pages = 16–17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Criminology|last = Siegel|first = Larry J.|publisher = Cengage Learning|year = 2011|isbn =  9780495912460|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4twtp9uz5CAC|pages = 341}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title = Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior|last = Simon|first = Robert|publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.|year = 2008|isbn = 9781585622948|url=https://archive.org/details/badmendowhatgood0000simo|url-access = registration|pages = [https://archive.org/details/badmendowhatgood0000simo/page/n78 59]}}</ref> When a rape is perpetrated by a college student on another student, the term [[campus rape]] is sometimes used.

Most rapes are perpetrated by a person known to the victim. However, acquaintance rape is less likely to be reported than stranger rape. Thus, crime statistics often underestimate the prevalence of acquaintance rape compared to national surveys. The legal consequences of acquaintance rape are the same as for stranger rape.