Sex Offenses
Definitions from the National Incident-Based Reporting
System
Sex
Offenses-Forcible
Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly
and/or against the person's will; or not forcibly or
against the person's will where the victim is incapable
of giving consent.
- Forcible
Rape - The carnal knowledge of a person,
forcibly and/or against that person's will; or
not forcibly or against the person's will where
the victim is incapable of giving consent because
of his/her temporary or permanent mental or
physical incapacity (or because of his/her
youth).
- Forcible
Sodomy - Oral or anal sexual intercourse
with another person, forcibly and/or against that
person's will; or not forcibly or against the
person's will where the victim is incapable of
giving consent because of his/her temporary or
permanent mental or physical incapacity (or
because of his/her youth).
- Sexual
Assault With An Object - The use of an
object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate,
however slightly, the genital or anal opening of
the body of another person, forcibly and/or
against that person's will; or not forcibly or
against the person's will where the victim is
incapable of giving consent because of his/her
youth or because of his/her temporary mental or
physical incapacity.
- Forcible
Fondling - The touching of the private
body parts of another person for the purpose of
sexual gratification, forcibly and/or against
that person's will; or, not forcibly and/or against the
person's will where the victim is incapable of
giving consent because of his/her age, temporary
or permanent mental incapacity.
Sex Offenses-
Nonforcible
Unlawful, nonforcible sexual intercourse.
- Incest -
Nonforcible sexual intercourse between persons
who are related to each other within the degrees
wherein marriage is prohibited.
- Statutory
Rape - Nonforcible sexual intercourse
with a person who is under the statutory age of
consent.
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