compensating rape victims

Rape is apparently a subject frequently discussed by academicians and public alike and many has been written about it and also its allied subject: incest. Such wide attention has been given to it because the topic seems to inherently exists at the intersection of many other areas of law: gender studies, criminal law, public morality, sentencing, victim’s rights and lately human rights,proving that the subject’s capability to generate a multitude of discussions. While everyone wishes that rape will go away and perpetrators are sentenced accordingly, unfortunately we are always get knocked on the head with new headlines of young girls being raped and sodomised and in some instances killed by the rapists. I do not think that the punishment serves as a deterrent factor for such heinous crime. Nowadays, rape can be associated with more brutal act of violence... penetration is no longer that of penile penetration onlt, but involves other objects you cannot think of. I am writing an article suggesting that we in Malaysia should re-think about the rape law and how it does not prevent rape at all and at the same time, the victims suffer more than any words can say. It is time that we take a turn and suggest compensating the victims so that they can be remedied regardless whether the culprit get sentenced or not.