A-5. Sexual Offense Definitions
Prepared by the National Incident-Based Reporting System edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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.
Forcible Rape
The carnal knowledge of a 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 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 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.
D. Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault with an Object
An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape.
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 or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
D. 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 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
Incest
Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited bylaw
Statutory Rape
Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent