34 U.S.C. § 12392 — Enforcement of statutory rape laws
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-193 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 142 words · no verdicts yet
The Senate expressed its view that states should actively enforce statutory rape laws. The Attorney General had to create a program by 1997 studying the link between statutory rape and teen pregnancy, especially by repeat older offenders, and training officials on prevention and prosecution. The Justice Department's Violence Against Women initiative had to also address statutory rape.
(a) Sense of Senate. The Senate's position is that states and local governments should actively enforce their statutory rape laws.
(b) Justice Department program on statutory rape. By January 1, 1997, the Attorney General had to create and run a program that: (1) studies the connection between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, especially cases involving repeat offenses by older predatory men; and (2) trains state and local law enforcement* on preventing and prosecuting statutory rape, with a focus on repeat offenses by older predatory men and any links to teen pregnancy.
(c) Violence against women initiative. The Attorney General had to make sure the Department of Justice's Violence Against Women initiative also addressed statutory rape, especially cases involving repeat offenses by older predatory men.
It is the sense of the Senate that States and local jurisdictions should aggressively enforce statutory rape laws.
Not later than January 1, 1997, the Attorney General shall establish and implement a program that—
studies the linkage between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, particularly by predatory older men committing repeat offenses; and
educates State and local criminal law enforcement* officials on the prevention and prosecution of statutory rape, focusing in particular on the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses, and any links to teenage pregnancy.
The Attorney General shall ensure that the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women initiative addresses the issue of statutory rape, particularly the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–193, title IX, § 906, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2349.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-193 · 110 Stat. 2349
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-193 on 1996-08-22.
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