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 89 STAT. 328

PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975 "PART D — R A P E PREVENTION AND CONTROL "RAPE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape. Establishment. 42 USC 2689q. Grants for study and investigation.

Summary, submittal to Congress. Information clearinghouse.

"SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary shall establish within the National Institute of Mental Health an identifiable administrative unit to be known as the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Center'). "(b)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Center, may, directly or by grant, carry out the following: " (A) A continuing study of rape, including a study and investigation of— " (i) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State, and local laws dealing with rape; "(ii) 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; " (iii) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; " (iv) the causes of rape, identifying to the degree possible— " (I) social conditions which encourage sexual attacks, and " (II) the motives of offenders, and "(v) the impact of rape on the victim and the family of the victim; " (vi) sexual assaults in correctional institutions; "(vii) the actual incidence of forcible rape as compared to the reported incidence of forcible rape and the reasons for any difference in such incidences; and "(viii) the effectiveness of existing private and local and State government educational, counseling, and other programs designed to prevent and control rape. "(B) The compilation, analysis, and publication of summaries of the continuing study conducted under subparagraph (A) and the research and demonstration projects conducted under subparagraph (E). The Secretary shall annually submit to the Congress a summary of such study and projects together with recommendations where appropriate. "(C) The development and maintenance of an information clearinghouse with regard to— " (i) the prevention and control of rape; "(ii) the treatment and counseling of the victims of rape and their families; and " (iii) the rehabilitation of offenders. "(D) The compilation and publication of training materials for personnel who are engaged or intend to engage in programs designed to prevent and control rape. " (E) Assistance to community mental health centers and other qualified public and nonprofit private entities in conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the prevention and control of rape, including projects (i) for the planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating of alternative methods used in the prevention and control of rape, the treatment and counseling of the victims of rape and their families, and the rehabilitation of offenders; (ii) for the application of such alternative

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