Sexual Assault Charges and Information
Sexual assault in most cases includes any type of forcible and unwanted physical contact with any sexual organs (contact with penis, vagina, etc..). In many states, this also includes aggressive sexually suggestive statements (not just physical contact).
Sex assault laws protect the victim who did not legally consent to physical and unwanted sexual contact (for example, said ‘No’ ) or if the person is she is unable for whatever reasons of giving legal consent to sexual contact (for example intoxicated with alcohol, drugs, date rape drugs,or physically or mentally impaired).
Rape Defined by National Laws: on INTERPOL website (Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization).
Rape is defined as “Aggravated sexual abuse by force or threat” (found in Federal Code § 2241 (a), Ch. 109A under ‘Sexual Abuse’)
- ‘Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, knowingly causes another person to engage in a sexual act —
1) by using force against that other person; or
2) by threatening or placing that other person in fear that any person will be subjected to death, serious bodily injury or kidnapping;
— or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.
Sexual assault or rape (sometimes used interchangeably) can be defined as physical, verbal, or visual abuse that forces a person to consent to sexual contact or attention. Can be committed by a family member, stranger, famous person or respected community member.
Forcible Rape or sexual assault is a crime that most often involves a female victim, and a male attacker. However, men and boys are also assaulted sexually. The sex assault victim is not responsible for the attack, regardless of the circumstances of the sex assault or rape (it does not matter what the person was wearing, where they were going, what they were doing or who they were with).
Rape and sex assault is most commonly committed by someone familiar to the victim (60% of all victims know their offender). Date or acquaintance rape is one of the most common forms of rape or sex assault.
Sex Assault and Sex Crime in New York and NYC
Below is a list off felony and misdemeanor class information for sex assault and sex crimes in New York and NYC. New York sexual assault and sex crimes felony and misdemeanor classifications:
Class B Violent Felony in New York
Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree
Rape in the first degree
Sodomy in the first degree
Class C Violent Felony New York
Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
Class C Non-violent Felony New York
Promoting prostitution in the second degree
Use of a child in a sexual performance
Class D Violent Felony New York
Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree
Sexual abuse in the first degree
Class D Non-violent Felony New York
Patronizing a prostitute in the first degree
Promoting a sexual performance by a child
Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child
Second degree sodomy
Class E Felony New York
Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
Possessing a sexual performance by a child
Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
Rape in the third degree
Sodomy in the third degree
Class A Misdemeanor Offense in New York
Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
Prostitution
Public display of offensive sexual material
Patronizing a prostitute in the third degree
Permitting prostitution
Sexual abuse in the third degree
Sexual misconduct
Class B Misdemeanor Offense in New York
Consensual sodomy
Patronizing a prostitute in the fourth degree
Permitting prostitution
Prostitution
Public lewdness
Sexual abuse in the third degree
Providing information on sexual assault felony and misdemeanor offenses in NY and NYC.
