Establishes the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape and Other Sexual Assaults.
Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions.
Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders.
Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to nonprofit agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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