Day 9: Sexual Offences definitions

Question 1

Sexual violation:

Answer 1

Is the act of a person who
(a) rapes another person
(b) has unlawful sexual connection with another person

Question 2

Rape:

Answer 2

Non-consensual penetration of the complainants genitalia by the offenders penis

Question 3

Unlawful Sexual Connection:

Answer 3

Has a wider meaning, and includes any form of non consensual penetration or oral connection with the persons genitalia or anus.

Question 4

Genitalia:

Answer 4

Includes the penis and testicles of a male and the vagina and vulva of a female

Question 5

Consent:

Answer 5

Conscious and voluntary agreement for something desired or proposed by another

Question 6

Child:

Answer 6

Person under the age of 12

Question 7

Young Person:

Answer 7

Person under the age of 16

Question 8

Indecency:

Answer 8

An act that is “indecent” has sexual connotations and involves conduct directed at a person that is offensive to public moral values

Question 9

Indecent Assault:

Answer 9

Defined by caselaw R v Leeson

Question 10

Penetration:

Answer 10

Affected by the slightest degree