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>reported rapes increased significantly in New York City and across the U.S. during the 1960s
>By the early 1970s, the anti-rape movement, a sub-movement of second-wave feminism, was gaining traction. It challenged the prevailing view of rape as a "sex crime carried out by pathological men"
>Criminologists note a general rise in violent crime in urban areas like New York during the 1960s.