Sex Offenses
Sex Offenses-Forcible: Any sexual act directed against 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.
a. Forcible Rape - is the carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly and/or against the person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's 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).
b. Forcible Sodomy - is oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, 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 youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
c. Sexual Assault With An Object - is 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 against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
d. Forcible Fondling - is the touching of the private 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 youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Sex Offenses-Non-Forcible: Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse (limited to Incest and Statutory Rape)
a. Incest - is the non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
b. Statutory Rape - is the non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
Any sexual act directed against 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. Comprises forcible rape, forcible sodomy (oral or anal), sexual assault with an object, forcible fondling.
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse. Comprises incest and statutory rape only.
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