Assault

Sexual Assault Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual activity that occurs without clear consent from both individuals. Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault. No one has the right to have sexual contact with you without your consent. Various forms of sexual assault include: • Rape. Sexual assault is called rape if penetration has occurred (vaginal, oral, or anal). • Incest. • Human sexual trafficking. • Unwanted touching. • Sexual harassment. • Any form of sexual…

1. Was the movie Confirmation an accurate replication of your experience, if not what details were altered or left out? 2. After you returned to your hometown, at the end of the trial did your community treat you differently? Were you criticized or supported for standing up? 3. How much progress-if any do you believe we have made as a society today towards injustice and sexual harassment acknowledgment, after your case became public? 4. Did you ever reach out to Angela Wright and want to…

One of the aims of Feminist Judgments Project is to apply the theory into practice and to show that a case could be decided differently through feminist lens. There are many types of feminisms which include liberal feminism, radical feminism and cultural/ difference feminism, to name a few. Freeman has identified the common characteristics of these different types of feminisms, which include ‘a belief that society, and legal order, is patriarchal’ and that ‘it seeks to analyse the contribution…

Should People who make fake Rape Accusations go to jail? Close you eyes and imagine your life, pretty normal right. Now imagine someone is claiming you rape them but you know this is not true, how do you feel? Pretty shitty right. If you have not guessed this report id on fake rape claims and if the accuser should go to jail. In this Report I will discuss why people make these claims, if there are any punishments put in place and what are the impacts on false rape claims.This topic is important…

Sexual Assault on College Campus According to Whitehouse.gov, One in five women are sexually assaulted while in College. College academia and its atmosphere can be frightening, but students need to be educated and be given the tools to increase their personal security. Lack of awareness leaves some students careless to the threat of sexual assault. Unfortunately, trauma is often the result of sexual assault. According to the Healthy place America 's Mental Health Channel it is very common for…

how student on student sexual assault occurs is to identify what sexual assault is. Sexual assault can be described widely to from forced and unwanted sexual activity, that can also include kissing, groping and exhibitionism. Research shows correlations between attitude, opinions and perceptions of sexual assaults on campus and observations of the policies enforced on campus (Streng and Kamimura, 2016). The features projected for student understanding of sexual assault policy importance…

From A Salt Rifle to an Assault Rifle: Our right as able-bodied citizens to own assault weaponry William S. Burroughs declared, "After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it." The Second amendment protects our right as able-bodied citizens to own all firearms (including assault weaponry), and preserves our natural right to defend ourselves. When the term “assault weapon” is used in the media no one really knows what it means, as there is no…

If a person is convicted of simple assault on a law enforcement officer, elected official, medical personnel, social worker, public health personnel, a person over the age of sixty five or a vulnerable person they can be punished by up to a thousand dollar fine or incarceration for up to five year, or both. “When a person is guilty commits aggravated assault, they attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another person and if they attempt to cause, purposely, or knowingly cause causes bodily…

I would like to say that sexual assaults are a substantially real catastrophe that occurs all over the country with 35% of cases going unreported. According to the FBI, 8% of sexual assault cases were found to be faulty. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape) With that being said, take a glance at the numbers, eight out of 100 men who are accused of sexual assault did, in fact, not commit the accusation that was presented in front of them. That is a frightening idea to think…

I believe that the researches did not consider the implications that this article could have on the victims such as the belittling of the emotional impact of sexual assault. In fact this controversial article has been used in court cases by defense lawyers attempting to minimize the crime. Groups and organizations are also advocating for age of consent reform in which their goal is to decriminalize sexual activity between adults and minors. This article is helping them do so. That’s why in 1999…