Definitions of Sexual Crimes

Forcible Sexual Offense: The involvement in any sexual act with another person, without the consent of the other person, in which there is force which overcomes reasonable resistance; or the threat of force, expressed or implied; or the use of duress or deception.
Non-forcible Sexual Offense: The involvement in any sexual act with another person, without the consent of the other person, particularly when the other person is incapacitated by drugs, alcohol, mental deficiency, or other disability.
Nonconsensual Sexual Contact: Any intentional touching, without the consent of the other person, of the genitals or anus of any person, or the breast of any female person.
Sexual Related Offenses: Obscene or indecent behavior that is sexually motivated, including but not limited to indecent exposure and voyeurism.
Intimate Partner Violence: Intimate partner violence is conduct between people who are or were involved in a sexual or romantic relationship when one person in the relationship causes harm or significant alarm or distress to the other person. This includes but is not limited to threats, assault, or other action against the person or their property when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge.
Sexual Assault: Sexual intercourse with another person knowing that (s) he does so without that person’s consent.
Retaliation: This policy prohibits retaliation against a person who reports sexual offenses, assists someone with a report of sexual offenses, or participates in any manner in an investigation or resolution of a sexual offense report. Retaliation includes but is not limited to threat, intimidation, reprisals, and /or adverse actions related to employment or education.
Stalking: Repeatedly contacting another person when the contact is unwanted. Additionally, the conduct may cause the other person reasonable apprehension of imminent physical harm or cause substantial impairment of the other person’s ability to perform the activities of daily life. It can include but is not limited to:
1. Repeated undesired contact (phone calls, emails, letters, showing up unexpectedly, etc.)
2. Following a person from place to place
3. Making threats to the individual or her or his family
4. Any behavior used to repeatedly contact, harass, track, or threaten the individual
Cyberstalking: A pattern of threatening behaviors and unwanted advances directed from one individual to another over the Internet and other online and computer communications. Cyberstalking include but is not limited to:
1. Threatening/obscene emails and text messages
2. Live chat harassment or flaming (online verbal abuse)
3. Tracing victim’s computer and internet activity
4. Can happen in conjunction with off-line stalking/harassment
Domestic Violence: includes asserted violent misdemeanor and felony offenses committed by the victim’s current or former spouse, current or former cohabitant, person similarly situated under domestic or family violence law, or anyone else protected under domestic or family violence law.
Dating Violence: means violence by a person who has been in a romantic or intimate relationship with the victim. Whether there was such relationship will be gauged by its length, type, and frequency of interaction.
Forcible Rape MoRS-566.030. A person commits the crime of forcible rape if such person has sexual intercourse with another person by the use of forcible compulsion. Forcible compulsion includes the use of a substance administered without a victim's knowledge or consent which renders the victim physically or mentally impaired so as to be incapable of making an informed consent to sexual intercourse.
Sexual assault MoRS-566.040. A person commits the crime of sexual assault if he has sexual intercourse with another person knowing that he does so without that person's consent.
Deviate sexual assault MoRS-566.070. A person commits the crime of deviate sexual assault if he has deviate sexual intercourse with another person knowing that he does so without that person's consent.
Sexual misconduct MoRS-566.090-566.095.
1. A person commits the crime of sexual misconduct in the first degree if such person purposely subjects another person to sexual contact without that person's consent.
2. Exposes his or her genitals under circumstances in which he or she knows that his or her conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm;
3. Has sexual contact in the presence of a third person or persons under circumstances in which he or she knows that such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm; or
4. Has sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse in a public place in the presence of a third person.
5. A person commits the crime of sexual misconduct in the third degree if he solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct under circumstances in which he knows that his requests or solicitation is likely to cause affront or alarm.