34 USC 12392 - Enforcement of statutory rape laws

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024

§ 12392.

Enforcement of statutory rape laws

(a)

Sense of Senate

(b)

Justice Department program on statutory rape

Not later than January 1, 1997, the Attorney General shall establish and implement a program that—

(1)

studies the linkage between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, particularly by predatory older men committing repeat offenses; and

(2)

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.

(c)

Violence against women initiative

(Pub. L. 104–193, title IX, § 906, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2349.)

cite as: 34 USC 12392