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A Sexual Assault
Offense Glossary of Terms |
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Date
Rape
Indecent
Exposure
Lewd
and Lascivious
Molest
Obscene
Pander
Pedophilia
Pimp
Pornography
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Prostitute
Prostitution
Sex
Offender
Sexual
Abuse
Sexual
Assault
Sexual
Harassment
Rape
Sodomy
Statutory
Rape
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The crime
of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18,
including touching of private parts, exposure of
genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape,
inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with
other children and variations of these acts by
pedophiles. Molestation also applies to incest by a
relative with a minor family member and any unwanted
sexual acts with adults short of rape.
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1) n. the
crime of sexual intercourse (with actual penetration
of a woman's vagina with the man's penis) without
consent and accomplished through force, threat of
violence or intimidation (such as a threat to harm a
woman's child, husband or boyfriend). What
constitutes lack of consent usually includes saying
"no" or being too drunk or drug-influenced
for the woman to be able to either resist or
consent, but a recent Pennsylvania case ruled that a
woman must do more than say "no" on the
bizarre theory that "no" does not always
mean "don't," but a flirtatious come-on.
"Date rape" involves rape by an
acquaintance who refuses to stop when told to.
Defense attorneys often argue that there had to be
physical resistance, but the modern view is that
fear of harm and the relative strengths of the man
and the woman are obvious deterrents to a woman
fighting back. Any sexual intercourse with a child
is rape and in most states sexual relations even
with consent involving a girl 14 to 18 (with some
variation on ages in a few states) is
"statutory rape," on the basis that the
female is unable to give consent. 2) v. to have
sexual intercourse with a female without her consent
through force, violence, threat or intimidation, or
with a girl under age. Technically, a woman can be
charged with rape by assisting a man in the rape of
another woman.
Dissatisfied with the typical
prosecution of rape cases (in which the defense
humiliates the accuser, and prosecutors are unable
or unwilling to protect the woman from such
tactics), women have been suing for civil damages
for the physical and emotional damage caused by the
rape, although too often the perpetrator has no
funds. Protection services for rape victims have
been developed by both public and private agencies.
On the other side of the coin, there is the concern
of law enforcement and prosecutors that women whose
advances have been rejected by a man, or who have
been caught in the act of consensual sexual
intercourse may falsely cry "rape."
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a: the infliction of sexual contact upon a
person by forcible compulsion
b:
the engaging in sexual contact with a person who is
below a specified age or who is incapable of giving
consent because of age or mental or physical
incapacity
2:
the crime of engaging in or inflicting sexual abuse
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Sexual
contact usu. that is forced upon a person without
consent or inflicted upon a person who is incapable
of giving consent (as because of age or physical or
mental incapacity) or who places the assailant (as a
doctor) in a position of trust
(see also rape)
Note: Sexual assault in its most serious forms
(often classified as first degree sexual assault)
involves nonconsensual sexual penetration. In its
less serious forms it may be the equivalent of
statutory rape.
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Anglo-French
sodomie sexual intercourse between men,
from Old French, from Late Latin Sodoma
Sodom, from the supposed homosexual practices of the
men of the city in Genesis 19:1-11
:
the crime of oral or anal sexual contact or
penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse
between a person and an animal
esp
: the crime of forcing another
person to perform oral or anal sex
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n. an
obsession with children as sex objects. Overt acts,
including taking sexually explicit photographs,
molesting children and exposing one's genitalia to
children, are all crimes. The problem with these
crimes is that pedophilia is also treated as a
mental illness, and the pedophile is often released
only to repeat the crimes or escalate the activity
to the level of murder.
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n. pictures
and/or writings of sexual activity intended solely
to excite lascivious feelings of a particularly
blatant and aberrational kind, such as acts
involving children, animals, orgies, and all types
of sexual intercourse. The printing, publication,
sale and distribution of "hard core"
pornography is either a felony or misdemeanor in
most states. Since determining what is pornography
and what is "soft core" and "hard
core" are subjective questions to judges,
juries and law enforcement officials, it is
difficult to define, since the law cases cannot
print examples for the courts to follow.
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adj., adv.
a highly subjective reference to material or acts
which display or describe sexual activity in a
manner appealing only to "prurient
interest," with no legitimate artistic,
literary or scientific purpose. Pictures, writings,
film or public acts which are found to be obscene
are not protected by the free speech guarantee of
the First Amendment. However, the courts have had
difficulty making a clear non-subjective definition
since "one person's obscenity is another
person's art," or, as one Supreme Court Justice
stated, "I can't define it, but I know it when
I see it."
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n. forcible
sexual intercourse by a male acquaintance of a
woman, during a voluntary social engagement in which
the woman did not intend to submit to the sexual
advances and resisted the acts by verbal refusals,
denials or pleas to stop, and/or physical
resistance. The fact that the parties knew each
other or that the woman willingly accompanied the
man are not legal defenses to a charge of rape,
although one Pennsylvania decision ruled that there
had to be some actual physical resistance.
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n. sexual
intercourse with a female below the legal age of
consent but above the age of a child, even if the
female gave her consent, did not resist and/or
mutually participated. In all but three states the
age of consent is 18, and the age above which the
female is no longer a child varies, although 14 is
common. The theory of statutory rape is that the
girl is incapable of giving consent, although
marriage with a parent's consent is possible in many
states at ages as low as 14. Intercourse with a
female child (below 14 or whatever the state law
provides) is rape, which is a felony. Increasingly
statutory rape is not charged when there is clear
consent by the female, particularly when the girl
will not cooperate in a prosecution. Controversy
continues over what constitutes
"resistance" or "consent,"
particularly when some men insist a woman who said
"no" really meant "yes."
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adj., adv.
references to conduct which includes people living
together who are known not to be married,
entertainment which aims at arousing the libido or
primarily sexual sensation, open solicitation for
prostitution or indecent exposure of genitalia
(which is itself a crime). Due to the tendency of
judges to be overly careful in writing about moral
and/or sexual matters the definitions have been
cloaked in old-fashioned modesty. Today the term
usually applies to pornography, prostitution and
indecent acts.
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n. the
crime of displaying one's genitalia to one or more
other people in a public place, usually with the
apparent intent to shock the unsuspecting viewer and
give the exposer a sexual charge.
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n. the
profession of performing sexual acts for money.
Prostitution is a crime throughout the United
States, except for a few counties in the state of
Nevada, where it is allowed in licensed houses of
prostitution. Soliciting acts of prostitution is
also a crime, called pandering or simply,
soliciting. Pandering on behalf of a prostitute is
called pimping.
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1) v. to
solicit customers for a prostitute. 2) n. a pimp,
who procures customers for a prostitute or lures a
woman into prostitution, all for his own profit. 3)
v. catering to special interests without any
principles, such as a politician who says to
whatever group he/she is addressing just what they
want to hear to win their support, contributions or
favors.
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n. a person
who procures a prostitute for customers or vice
versa, sharing the profits of the person's
activities. Supposedly he provides protection for
the prostitutes, but quite often he will threaten,
brutalize, rape, cheat and induce drug addiction of
the prostitutes. A pimp commits the crime of
pandering.
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n. a person
who receives payment for sexual intercourse or other
sexual acts, generally as a regular occupation.
Although usually a prostitute refers to a woman
offering sexual favors to men, male prostitutes may
perform homosexual acts for money or receive payment
from women for sexual services. A woman prostitute
who is sent on a "date" to the hotel room
or residence of a male customer is commonly referred
to as a "call girl."
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n. generic
term for all persons convicted of crimes involving
sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment
and pornography production or distribution. In most
states convicted sex offenders are supposed to
report to local police authorities, but many do not.
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n. unwanted
sexual approaches (including touching, feeling,
groping) and/or repeated unpleasant, degrading
and/or sexist remarks directed toward an employee
with the implied suggestion that the target's
employment status, promotion or favorable treatment
depend upon a positive response and/or
"cooperation." Sexual harassment is a
private nuisance, unfair labor practice or, in some
states, a civil wrong (tort) which may be the basis
for a lawsuit against the individual who made the
advances and against the employer who did not take
steps to halt the harassment. A legal secretary
recently won an award of more than $3 million
against a prominent law firm in California for not
controlling a partner notorious for his sexual
harassment of female employees.
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