The Drugs-Facilitated Sexual Assaults & The Date Rape Drugs

Abstract

Rape is one of the most heinous crimes against the woman with continuously increasing statistics all over the world. Most of the rape crimes are committed by someone known of a victim. In recent years, many incidences of sexual assault are being noticed where perpetrators have used specific drugs to deliberate the victim they assault. This type of crimes are known as the “Drugs Facilitated Sexual Assaults” and that specific drugs are known as “Date Rape Drugs” or “Club Drugs”.

Date rape drugs are any type of substances which are used to make it easier for someone to rape or sexually assault the woman or girl. The person who attacked might get confused, or unable to defend against unwanted sexual acts, or unable to recall what happened. The perpetrators can easily conceal that drugs in food, drinks or alcohol. The perpetrator may be the person who you know well or someone just met you or even a stranger.

Date rape drug make it easier to perpetrator or rapist to sexually assault his victim by making her more compliant, so she consents to the sexual activity which she may otherwise decline or by weakening her so that she becomes unable to resist or fight back against her abuse or by making her partially or sometimes fully unconscious.