Sex Offense (Forcible)
Any sexual act directed against another person without the other person’s consent or person’s incapacity. (Includes attempts)
a. Sexual intercourse (penetration--however slight)
b. Sodomy
c. Oral copulation
d. Rape with a foreign object (vaginal or anal)
e. Sexual battery (the touching of the intimate parts: sexual organ, anus, groin, or the breast of a female)
Sex Offense (Non-forcible)
Any unlawful, but consensual sex act with another person. (Includes attempts) a. Incest (sexual intercourse between persons who are related to one another within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited)
b. Statutory rape (consensual intercourse with a person who is under the age of consent - 18yrs)
Dating Violence
Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. Dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.
Sexual Assault
An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape.
Domestic Violence
A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed- by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; by a current or former cohabitant with the victim; by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
Stalking
Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial emotional distress.
Consent
“Consent” means intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent and does not include coerced submission. “Consent” shall not be deemed or construed to mean the failure by the alleged victim to offer physical resistance to the offender. Giving in is not the same as giving consent.
Hazing
“The term ‘hazing’, for purposes of reporting statistics on hazing incidents…means any intentional, knowing,
or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another
person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:
• is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in,
a student organization; and
• causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the
institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for
participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including—
◊ whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance
on someone’s body, or similar activity;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements,
confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid,
alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
◊ any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through
the use of threatening words or conduct;
◊ any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State,
Tribal, or Federal law; and
◊ any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty
or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.”
